Description
1945
Text by Jean Cocteau
Edition François Bernouard, Paris, paperback, 28 pages
Dimensions: 27.4 x 24.6 cm
Unpublished prose by Jean Cocteau, decorated with 16 unpublished hand-colored drawings by the author. Filled white cover with the title in black on the first cover.
Mounet-Sully was a tragedian, member of the Comédie Française in 1874 and was for 40 years the privileged interpreter of Racine, Corneille, Shakespeare or Hugo. He remained famous for his interpretation of Œdipe roi, by Sophocles.
Drawing:
- 1 with the manuscript and various documents
- 12 on Isle de France paper with 17 unaccepted drawings and a suite in black
- 278 on Isle de France with a suite in black
- 1650 on Crèvecœur du Marais vellum (smaller size)
One of the 278 copies, numbered on Isle de France paper, very complete of the suite
Condition : Handling folds, some moisture stains