COCTEAU (Jean). Pégase. S. l. [Paris], Nouveau Cercle Parisi - Lot 216

COCTEAU (Jean). Pégase. S. l. [Paris], Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, n. d. [1965]. Large folio in publisher's illustrated cover and slipcase. ORIGINAL EDITION of the preface: "[...] Sometimes I close my eyes and find myself back in the park of lawns, white fences and ponds where Marc Lebaudy washed his horse-drawn carriages with champagne and organized fireworks displays. It was at Maison-Laffitte that I met Pegasus. " Ten burins by Léopold SURVAGE and a lithographed portrait of the author. Issued in an edition of 170 copies on Arches vellum, this one (no. 50) printed for M. Jean Hugues. Box-sleeve damaged; soiling opposite title. Provenance: French private collection Erotica Monsieur X Expert: Cabinet REVEL