68 - COCTEAU (Jean). Autographed card addressed to Christian Melchior-Bonnet. Pigney near Arès in Gironde, September 16, 1923. 1 p. in-12, on the reverse of a photograph depicting two shepherds from the Landes region standing on stilts; envelope preserved.

COCTEAU (Jean). Autographed card addressed to Christian Melchior-Bonnet. Pigney near Arès in Gironde, September 16, 1923. 1 p. in-12, on the reverse of a photograph depicting two shepherds from the Landes region standing on stilts; envelope preserved. “1. A poet is a transmission device. His sole task is to perfect himself and to wait. In 1922, I wrote a book that is to be published in the *Nouvelle Revue Française*: *THOMAS L’IMPOSTEUR*. It is a story set on the fringes of the war. 2° MY FAVORITE BOOK IS THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, BECAUSE I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE IMPOSE AN ARTIFICIAL ORDER, AND THIS POEM BELONGS TO A HIDDEN ORDER...”