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Senate House Library, University of London

UZANNE, Octave (1852-1931)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS1121

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: UZANNE, Octave (1852-1931)

Date(s): 1918 October 10

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 letter

Name of creator(s): Uzanne | Octave | 1852-1931 | bibliophile

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1852; published Les Surprises du Coeur in 1881; wrote an article in 1894: "The End of Books", which predicted that books would eventually become overtaken by other media. He founded the magazine The Book.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter to an anonymous correspondent in which Octave Uzanne mentions his six months in Brittany, 1918. He claims to have benefitted from the fresh air there.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: French

System of arrangement:

1 letter only

Conditions governing access:

Open for research.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Senate House Library

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: 2006-09-05


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects

Personal names
Uzanne | Octave | 1852-1931 | bibliophile

Corporate names

Places
Brittany | France | Western Europe | Europe