Léon DAUDET (1867-1942) Autograph manuscript, La Vermine du monde, [1916]; 249 pages in-fol. Complete manuscript of this novel about the 1914 war and German espionage. Published by Arthème Fayard in 1916, this "novel of German espionage" (according to the subtitle) had first appeared as a serial in L'Action française. It is divided into twelve chapters dating from June 1912 to September 1914, the last chapter being entitled La victoire de la Marne. The complete manuscript contains erasures and corrections.