DESNOS ROBERT: (1900-1945) French Poet.

DESNOS ROBERT: (1900-1945) French Poet. A key figure of the Surrealism. A rare and extremely interesting Autograph Poem Signed `Robert Desnos´, a large signature example with colour underlining, twelve pages, on twelve 8vo sheets, n.p., n.d. [1923], to the verso of twelve Paris-Matinal printed stationery sheets, in French. The poem collection work is entitled `Langage Cuit´, (''Cooked Language'') and comprises six poems which were only partially published in 1930. The autograph manuscript shows the multiple changes in pages numbering annotated in blue, green or red to the upper right corner. The poem states in part `Langage cuit. - Vent Nocturne. - Sur la mer maritime se perdent les perdus -..´ The remaining poems are entitled and underlined as the first verse `Au Mocassin le Verbe´, `Idéal Maitresse´, `Le suicide de nuit´, `Passé le pont´ and `De la rose de marbre à la rose de fer´, stating `La rose de marbre immense et blanche était seule sur la place déserte où les ombres se prolongeaient à l'infini. Et la rose de marbre seule sous le soleil et les étoiles était la reine de la Solitude. Et sans parfum la rose de marbre sur sa tige rigide au sommet du piédestal de granit ruisselait de tous les flots du ciel.´ VG £2500-3500