Cocteau, Jean. Enigme. La poésie partout. N.p, Editions des Réverbères, 1939.
20 : 11 cm. 16 etched leaves. With 1 original-etching by Jean Cocteau.
One of only 7 numbered copies of the deluxe-edition, total editon 130 copies, which were not in the trade. Outstanding little ouevre by Cocteau, in this form like here, extremly rare. The whole work - text and illustrations - are etched. Printed on tibetean, hand-made paper or'Murier du Japon'(japanese mulberry tree). Imprint numbered with blue pencil, on the leaf before the imprint also signed with a star in blue pencil. Additionaly with the illustrated original boards of the edition of 130. - 'Rarissime plaquette dont le tirage fut inférieur à celui annoncé à la justification'. - Musée Jacquemart-André, Jean cocteau et son temps, 1965, no. 401.
Euro3200
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