The 945-page volume will leave the Bibliotheque nationale de France in Paris for Melbourne's world-first exhibition, Victor Hugo: Les Miserables From Page to Stage which opens on July 17.
Victoria's Arts Minister Heidi Victoria said in a statement: "The loan of this manuscript to Melbourne is an act of enormous trust and generosity on behalf of the Bibliotheque nationale de France and the French people. It is also significant that the State Library of Victoria is the first institution outside of Europe that France has entrusted this great work to."
Sue Roberts, State Library of Victoria CEO says the manuscript is an "amazing coup" for Australia.
"This remarkable manuscript has never travelled outside of Europe - never to New York, never to London but this July it will be here in Melbourne.
"The exhibition it is featured in will be one of the jewels in the crown of exhibitions in Australia and also globally this year. It brings together many unique materials that have not been seen in Australia and others which have never been exhibited anywhere before, to reveal the birth and explosive success of one of the world's great stories.
"For me and the millions of fans of Les Miserables around the world this is terrifically exciting."
The exhibition coincides with next month's Australian premiere of Cameron Mackintosh's production of Les Miserables at Melbourne's Her Majesty's Theatre.
AAP
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