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COCTEAU, Jean (1889-1963)

Lot 63
21.03.2024 13:00UTC +01:00
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Event locationFrance, Paris
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Lot 63 | COCTEAU, Jean (1889-1963)
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COCTEAU, Jean (1889-1963)
Le Livre blanc. Paris : Maurice Sachs et Jacques Bonjean, 1928.
Rare édition originale de ce texte paru anonymement : exemplaire dans une superbe reliure de Colette et Jean-Paul Miguet. L'ouvrage s'ouvre sur cette note de l'éditeur : "Nous publions cette oeuvre parce que les talents y dépassent de beaucoup l'indécence et qu'il s'en dégage une sorte de morale qui empêche un honnête homme de le ranger au nombre des livres libertins." Cocteau y raconte son homosexualité avec liberté et poésie, s'inspirant de relations et souvenirs mais refusant d'associer son nom à l'oeuvre, bien qu'il illustre sa réédition deux ans plus tard. Il conclut le texte ainsi : "Mais je n’accepte pas qu’on me tolère. Cela blesse mon amour de l’amour et de la liberté".

In-8 (234 x 190 mm). Tirage unique limité à 31 exemplaires sur vergé blanc de Montval, celui-ci l'un des dix réservés à l'auteur (n° X). Reliure signée C. et J.-P. Miguet, datée 1991 : plein box blanc, plats ornés d'une composition de losanges de même box en relief, superposés, à chants bleus, dans un encadrement de losanges à l'oeser bleu, dos lisse titré à froid à la verticale, doublures et gardes de daim bleu-vert bordées de box bleu paon et blanc, tranches dorées sur témoins, couvertures et dos conservés. Sous chemise et étui.

Rare first edition of this text published anonymously, this copy in a beautiful binding by Colette and Jean-Paul Miguet.
Artist:Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
Place of origin:France
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