SILVESTRE de SACY (Samuel). "The Book of Books. 10 Légendes en marge des livres. Grandeur et prospérité du Livre" (The Greatness and Prosperity of the Book) Manuscript dated January 28, 1930 in a small in-8° brown morocco schoolbook, smooth spine decorated, slipcase (Creuzevault). Manuscript in brown ink consisting of a title page, a page for the epigraph and 70 numbered pp. with pencilled corrections. Signed and dated by the author on the last leaf. Signed and dated by the author on the last page. Original manuscript for Dix légendes en marge du livre, published in Paris by the Creuzevault brothers in 1930, with illustrations by Jean Bruller. First spine slightly rubbed.