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Traces Écrites

Autographs
& Manuscripts

A wide, permanent selection of

5000

documents from the Middle Ages to the present day

Opposite the Luxembourg Palace, there is a place whose purpose is to keep alive and transmit the memory of the men and women who shaped our history, and whose spirit still expresses itself in the silence of ink.

"I can contemplate one of these pages smeared with hieroglyphs in the enchantment of a lover, as others might a perfect painting."

Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday

The catalogue

Letters, manuscripts and autograph documents.

Handwritten poem by Paul Éluard, three stanzas and signature View detail
Detail of an old letter bearing a red wax seal with a coat of arms, the address "To the King" and the title "Monsieur" View detail
Ink drawing signed Salvador Dalí and dated 1967, with splashes and a crown View detail
Handwritten page of calculations and mathematical formulas in old-fashioned script View detail
Ancient parchment bearing a handwritten document in Gothic script View detail
Bougainville's signature at the bottom of a handwritten letter in brown ink View detail
Handwritten letter illustrated with pen-drawn initials: moon, landscape and figure View detail

New documents

The 50 latest entries in the catalogue.

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Autographed items as a gift. Selected pieces suitable for framing.

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