Paul de KOCK (1793-1871). Autograph manuscript signed, Un jeune homme charmant, [1840]; 242 pages in-fol. half-calf bronze green cloth with title-piece (period binding). Complete manuscript of this novel, published by Barba in 1840. The manuscript, in brown ink, presents numerous erasures and corrections, with important marginal additions. A primitive title has been carefully cancelled: Un petit ramoneur. It is divided into four volumes of six chapters and about sixty pages each, each with its title page and a table of chapters: - Volume I. 1 Un cabriolet dans un chemin de traverse; 2 La société de Draveil; 3 Soirée chez le Colonel; 4 Danger des promenades du matin; 5 L'opinion d'un père; 6 Un déjeuner chez Arthur. - Volume II. 1 A happy hazard; 2 A son; 3 Hidden happiness - return of the Colonel; 4 Summer brings back the neighbors; 5 A gymnastic exercise - the faithful dog; 6 The forest of Sénart. - Volume III. 1 Delirium; 2 A wedding; 3 In Paris; 4 We meet again; 5 A little chimney sweep; 6 An appointment. - Volume IV. 1 Separation; 2 How Arthur looks for his son; 3 He takes advantage of everything; 4 An interview in the Bois de Vincennes; 5 Where we see Madame Passelacet again; 6 The seducer and the husband; 7 Conclusion.