[FOUJITA] / COCTEAU (Jean) Le Dragon des Mers. Twenty-five burins by Foujita. Paris, Georges Guillot, 1955. 1 vol. in-folio in leaves, in a folder and cardboard slipcase. Copy in perfect condition. 25 burin-engraved illustrations by Foujita, including 15 hors-texte (included in pagination), 101 pp., (1) p., (3) ff. Edition illustrated with remarkable burins by Foujita. The text is taken from Mon premier voyage (1936). One of 25 copies on Arches vellum including a black suite on Auvergne of the Richard de Bas mill (n°17). The copy also includes a 6-page autographed preface by Jean Cocteau. Autograph signatures of Jean Cocteau and Foujita on the title page. Monod, 2901.

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