COCTEAU, Jean. Le Secret professionnel, followed by Les Mono - Lot 175

COCTEAU, Jean. Le Secret professionnel, followed by Les Monologues de l'Oiseleur. A partly original edition of two essays on art and poetry illustrated by twelve equally reflective drawings. Paris, Sans Pareil, 1925. In-8, brown cloth boards, smooth spine, pink filled covers and spine preserved. 105 pages, 12 illustrations reproduced in full-page color, under serpents. Binding slightly rubbed, cover slightly soiled. Partly original edition ("Les Monologues de l'oiseleur" is unpublished) and first illustrated with twelve drawings by Jean Cocteau reproduced in color, with remarks. One of 440 numbered copies on Montgolfier d'Annonay vellum (no. 113). Two reflective essays on the practice of art and poetry, symbolized by "l'oiseleur", the bird-catcher who attempts to capture the invisible... A fine hardcover copy, with covers preserved.