4to. 122 pp., 16 colour illustrations by Gallibert printed on full pages hors text, including a double suite of black and colour plates bound in oversized wraps, protected by the original glassine wrappers, printed on Vergé de Rives paper (No 24), Limited numbered Edition of 150 copies, of which this is number 112, of limited print of 15 copies for the library “Au Beau Livre” in Marseilles, the lot presented in a red cloth box, copy in very good condition, Aux Aldes, Paris, 1926.

Synopsis

Jean Giraudoux French novelist, essayist, and playwright. He made the diplomatic service his career, while becoming known as an avant-garde writer with early poetic novels such as Suzanne et le Pacifique (1921). He created an impressionistic form of drama by emphasizing dialogue and style rather than realism. In such works as lectre (1937) and Cantique des cantiques (1938), he sought inspiration in Classical or biblical tradition.