DORTZAL, Jeanne. Le Jardin des Dieux. - Lot 77

DORTZAL, Jeanne. Le Jardin des Dieux. Published in Paris by Sansot in 1908. In-8 paperback, filled cover. 183 pp, two etching and heliogravure frontispieces, one sheet of the frontispiece. Cover yellowed, spine wrinkled, binding fragile. First edition of this collection of verse by the poet Jeanne Dortzal. One of 25 numbered copies on Hollande (n°43), the only large paper after 25 Japon. Double frontispiece engraved by Dezarrois after Dagnan-Bouveret's portrait entitled "La Méditation", one in etching and the other in heliogravure. Our copy also contains a third portrait engraved on a loose leaf, enriched with a signed autograph letter to Henry de Forges. Sent to the same person on the title page. Born in Algeria, Jeanne Dortzal (1878-1943) began her acting career in Paris at the Vaudeville theater, then at the Odéon, before devoting herself to her poetic work. She was a major figure in the theater of the early 1900s. Joint: POREL, Paul and MONVAL, Georges. "L'Odéon, Histoire administrative, anecdotique et littéraire du Second théâtre français (1782-1818)". Lemerre, Paris, 1876. In-8 paperback. 355 pp. One of 50 copies on Hollande (n°40). Cover soiled, first page detached.