CLAUDEL, Paul.
The Announcement made to Mary. Mystery in four acts and a prologue. Paris, Éditions de la Nouvelle
Revue Française, 1912.
In-4 [214 x 160] of 210 pp, (1) f. : jansenist red morocco, ribbed spine, gilt fillets inside, pink moiré silk lining and endpapers, double endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, case (Ch. Septier).
First edition.
ONE OF THE 50 COPIES ON VERGÉ D'ARCHES, IN-4 TELLIÈRE, THE ONLY EDITION ON LARGE PAPER (N° 21).
A PERFECT COPY BOUND AT THE TIME BY CHARLES SEPTIER.
Provenance: Paul Voûte, with bookplate (1938, n° 253) - Raoul Simonson, with bookplate - José Perraya, with bookplate.
Benoist-Mechin and Georges Blaizot, Bibliographie des oeuvres de Paul Claudel, n° 17, pp. 59-62 - Vignes & Boudrot, Bibliographie des éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, n° 20, pp. 35-36.
