Le Livre de Christophe Colomb: Drame …, Librairie Gallimard, 43/800, Near Fine

Claudel, Paul, and Jean Charlot (Illustrations). Le Livre de Christophe Colomb: Drame Lyrique en Deux Parties (Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1933).

French, No. 43 of 800 copies, Near Fine, SC, 4to, 11" x 9," 66 pp., including illustrations.

ISBN: N/A

Text in French, Near Fine, No. 43 of 800 copies, off-white paper wrappers with blue lettering on spine, blue illustration on front. Covers have light age toning, slight wear to extremities, and a small stain at tail of spine, else clean and intact, binding tight. Pages have light age toning and slight wear to extremities, else pristine and intact. Replete with color illustrations. Back colophon: "La presente edition achevee d'imprimer le 30 Juillet 1933 par L. Massol imprimeur a Gentilly (Seine) a ete tiree a huit cent quatre-vingt-quinze exemplaires, a savoir: cinquante cinq exemplaires sur japon imperial dont cinquante exemplaires numerotes de I a L et cinq exemplaires hors commerce marques A a E; et huit cent quarante exemplaires sur Velin d'Arches dont huit cents exemplaires numerotes de 1 a 800 et quarante exemplaires hors commerce numerotes de 801 a 840. Exemplaire No. 43." One of Paul Claudel's verse dramas. This is a theater play and opera in two parts. Paul Claudel (1868-1955) was a French poet, playwright, and diplomat.