Charlotte Brontë manuscript bought for £690,000 by Paris museum
Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits purchases miniature booklet created by author when she was 14 at auction
A Charlotte Brontë manuscript is heading to France after being sold for £690,850 at Sotheby's in London. The miniature booklet, one of six handwritten "Young Men's Magazines" made by the author when she was 14, was bought by La Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits in Paris for more than twice the pre-sale estimate.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 15 December, 2011
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