France saves Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom from auction

Manuscript of 18th-century erotic masterpiece given treasured status and withdrawn from auction in Paris

The French government has stepped in to declare Marquis de Sade’s manuscript, 120 Days of Sodom, a national treasure as it was about to be sold at auction in Paris.

Officials ordered that the 18th-century erotic masterpiece be withdrawn from the sale, along with André Breton’s Surrealist Manifestos, banning their export from France, the Aguttes auction house said.

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