12 pages of printed text and 3 pages of manuscript both pasted in separate pieces onto one large folio sheet, matted, in a cloth folder with cloth ties.
Corresponding to pages 549-562 of Volume I in the Editions Gallimard, 1954 and to pages 590-605, Volume I in the Moncrieff translation (New York: Random House, 1981).
Marked in blue crayon, "No 10 3ième épreuves," and corresponding to pages 548-562 of volume I of the Pléiade edition, Paris, 1917.
The place of writing and year of writing are from the auction catalog description.
A copy of a letter from George G. Painter, Department of Printed Books, The British Museum, with details on the item and a copy of the auction catalog description are located in the Collection File.
Being the proofs and manuscript insertions of an episode in "A L'Ombre" in which the narrator (Proust) dines with M. Bergotte, a character based largely upon the author and politician Maurice Barrès.