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Jean Cocteau / Henri Parisot – Poésie critique – 1945

    First edition of this lovely copy, with an illustration by Jean Cocteau, “Visage de Profil”, on the front cover. There is another in frontispiece.

    “Poésie critique” is a selection of texts by Cocteau produced by Henri Parisot for the Éditions des Quatre-Vents in 1945. The volume, composed in consultation with the author, contains five “chapters” of the Rappel à l’ordre (1926), excerpts from Opium (1930), the two texts of the Essai de critique indirecte (1932) and a few articles.

    Bound in Bradel-style paperboard publisher’s binding. Copy in lovely condition, with some light friction from use on the caps. Fresh inside, devoid of foxing.

    Jean Cocteau / Henri Parisot
    “Poésie critique”
    Paris, Editions des Quatre Vents, 1945.
    217 pages. Complete.
    Octavo (15 x 21 cm).

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