CLAUDEL, Paul - Poledni Udel. Prague, K. Neumann, 1910. In-, - Lot 456

CLAUDEL, Paul - Poledni Udel. Prague, K. Neumann, 1910. In-, 95 pp. bradel half-perc. covers, gilt head (M.-P. TREMOIS). First Czech edition of Partage de Midi. Sent by the translator Milos Marten to Mme et M. Philippe Berthelot. CLAUDEL, Paul - Pour le centenaire de Marcelin Berthelot. Sous le rempart d'Athènes. Paris, Gallimard (NRF), 1928. Pet. in-4, 52 pp. br. First edition. One of 376 numbered copies on vellum pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. Fine mailing to Philippe Berthelot (8976) Also included: CLAUDEL, Paul - Sainte Thérèse. Poème (Paris, Libr. de l'Art Catholique), printed by Le Studium and Jacques Beltrand for the wood, 1916. Pet. in-4, (25) ff. in sheets in old vellum-style publisher's chemise, title and gilt framing on front board, traces of cord. First edition. One of 350 copies on Arches laid paper. Three woodcut illustrations in blue monochrome in the text and a frontispiece by Maurice Denis, woodcut by Jacques Beltrand. Also included: THOMPSON, Francis - Corymbe de l'automne. Poem by Francis Thompson translated from English by Paul Claudel and decorated with twelve woodcuts by André Lhote. Paris, NRF, 1920. Pet. in-4, (16) ff. including 12 woodcuts, half-perc. bradel, cons. cover. One of 350 numbered copies on vellum pur fil Lafuma. First edition of Paul Claudel's translation. Letter to Hélène (Berthelot): ''A Hélène cet automne nouveau sur le cep de notre vieille amitié, Paris Octobre 1920. Hélène Constance Linder had married the diplomat in 1914. s.