LYDIS, Mariette, Armand GODOY. ~ Le Drame de la Passion. Paris: [A. & F. Debeauve, under the direction of G. Govone for] Émile-Paul frères, 1929.
Small 4to (200 × 170 mm), pp. 125, [1], plus etched frontispiece by Lydis, signed in pencil. Uncut and unopened in original wrappers. Edges a little creased with a couple of short tears, but a very good copy of a fragile book.
First edition, number 10 of 11 copies on Japon (which was followed by 500 copies on Hollande, total edition 511), with the etched frontispiece by Lydis, depicting Christ as the Man of Sorrows. Cuban-born Armand Godoy was an important collaborator for Lydis. ‘Le Drame de la Passion, the most grandiose subject yet attempted by Godoy, is a musical tragedy in three acts; the characters are taken literally from the Bible with the addition of allegorical figures and types representing various aspects of humanity and nature, and of a chorus’ (French Review, 8, 2, Dec. 1934, pp. 145).