COCTEAU (Jean). LE BOEUF SUR LE TOÎT or The nothing doing bar. P., Éditions de la Sirène, 1920. Large in-4 paperback. Spine taped with small lack. RARE ORIGINAL EDITION of this musical score illustrated on the frontispiece with a LITHOGRAPHY by Raoul DUFY. Musical farce imagined and set by Jean Cocteau, with music by Darius MILHAUD and sets by Raoul DUFY. Introductory text by Cocteau (2 ½ pages).

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