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RADIGUET (Raymond). BÉCAT.

The Devil in the Flesh. 

Paris, Georges Guillot, 1957.

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The Devil in the Flesh. 

Paris, Georges Guillot, 1957.

Quarto, 182 pp. Modern red half-morocco, spine with four raised bands, author’s name and title in gold lettering, gilt head, untrimmed, original cover intact.

An edition prefaced by a previously unpublished foreword by Jean Cocteau and illustrated with 16 colour plates by Paul-Emile Bécat: one frontispiece and 15 full-page plates; printed by Louis Duval and hand-coloured by Jean and Paulette Monnier. Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies; one of 940 printed on Rives laid paper (no. 847) with a black-and-white set of illustrations on laid paper. A fine copy.