Apollinaire, Guillaume. – L’Enchanteur pourrissant.

L’Enchanteur pourrissant (The Enchanter Decaying) is a work by Guillaume Apollinaire, written at the age of eighteen, published in 1909, and centered on the character of Merlin from Arthurian legend. A mixture of theater, poetry, and novel, it contains a large number of references to ancient mythologies, particularly Celtic, and to the Bible. – With the remarkable illustrations by Derain and in a special private binding.