Joris-Karl HUYSMANS (1848-1907). L.A.S., Paris... Lot 204

Joris-Karl HUYSMANS (1848-1907). L.A.S., Paris October 18, 1903; 1page oblong in-12. On the Prix Goncourt (to be awarded for the first time on December 21)... "the conditions of the Prix Goncourt are very simple and free of any demands or visits from applicants. The prize of 5000f must be given, in Xbre, to a work of imagination, in prose, preferably a novel, published during the year and written by a young man, preferably a beginner". One book is to be sent "to each member of the academy, to enable them to read it"...