Estate / Collection: The Margolis Collection

[COCTEAU, JEAN]
Two works. COCTEAU, JEAN. Le mystère laïc (Giorgio De Chirico). Essai d'étude indirecte. Paris: Editions des Quatre Chemins, 1928. One of 2875 copies on Rives paper, stamp-numbered. Publisher's pale blue printed wrappers. 7 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches (19.5 x 14.5 cm); 82, 5 pp.; plates by De Chirico. Original wrappers; together with [idem]. Dessins. Paris: Librairie Stock, 1924. First trade edition, inscribed on the front cover Cocteau "a Frédéric Lefèvre / son ami / Jean Cocteau / Juin 1923. Publisher's cream wrappers. 11 x 8 3/4 inches (28 x 22 cm); 268, [4] pp., illustrations by Cocteau throughout. Light wear..

The recipient of the second volume was editor of "Les Nouvelles Littéraires" from 1922 until his death in 1949.