1931 · Paris
by Claudel, Paul
Paris: [Librairie Gallimard,] N[ouvelle] R[evue] F[rancaise], 1931. One of 1000+ on "chiffon de Bruges" filigrane. 8vo; handsomely bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled paste-paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original brown wrappers and backstrip, printed in black and sienna, bound in, fine. This volume is the 25th in the collection "in-octavo". L'Otage, originally published in 1911, was one of the two works which established Claudel's reputation as a writer. (Inventory #: 2405)