"Claudel (paul) - Proteus. Satirical Drama In One Act. Nrf, 1919, Illustrated By Daragnès."
CLAUDEL (Paul) - Protée. Satirical drama in one act. Paris, La Nouvelle Revue Française, 1919; quarto, approximately 100 pp., paperback. Paul Claudel is a French writer, converted to Catholicism. He pursued a career as a diplomat that took him from Prague to China and Japan. He is also the brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. One of 390 numbered copies. "Following the Oresteia, Aeschylus had set a satirical drama of which only the title "Protée" remains. It is while dreaming about these two syllables that I find myself having composed the following piece," Paul Claudel. Illustrations by Daragnès. Very good condition.