FOUJITA (Léonard 1886-1968, ill.), COCTEAU (Jean 1889-1963). La Mésangère. [Bièvres, Pierre du Tartas, 1963]. In-folio, 36.5 x 28 cm, [8] p., iii p., [1] p., 9-85, [7] p., illustrated cover. In sheets, illustrated filled cover, publisher's red cloth slipcase. One of the rare copies on Japon with suite. Total edition of 261 copies signed by the artist at the justification. One of the 41 first copies, on Japon, including a complete suite on vélin de Rives of the 20 lithographs contained in the work, including 1 double-page spread, as well as two plates printed on silk in color and hand-signed by Foujita, entitled L'Académie française and Parfum. The plate L'Académie française does not appear among the text illustrations in the Japon copies, as it was never printed on this paper. Thus, a peculiarity of this work, the Vellum copies contain 21 illustrations and the Japon copies only 20. In addition to these lithographs, vignettes illustrate the filled cover and title page. These short, cynical vignettes depict a somewhat gloomy, bohemian Paris, and the artist's approach is unvarnished. His approach sometimes verges on the fantastic. Foujita's brushwork is certainly figurative, but in a strange, disquieting way. A fine copy, complete with text (despite a fanciful pagination at the beginning that might suggest otherwise), illustrations, suite and 2 plates printed on silk, for a total of 42 plates. (Monod, 2917). Experts: Madame Loup AXMANN and Monsieur Jean Luc BOISSEAU