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FOUJITA & CLAUDEL (Paul). L'Oiseau Noir dans...

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FOUJITA & CLAUDEL (Paul). L'Oiseau Noir dans le Soleil Levant. Paris, Excelsior, 1927. In-4 paperback, cover illustrated after Foujita in black and orange, filled. 12 color hors texte etchings and 10 wood-engraved culs-de-lampe, all after Foujita. Edition of 511 copies (+ 35 hc); #425 of 425 on Arches laid paper. Spine a little darkened, very small stains above the title on the cover, otherwise a good, untrimmed copy. First edition of this collection of 15 texts composed by Claudel during his embassy in Japan (1921-1927), complete with the fold-out leaflet in fine "Le vieillard sur le mont Omi" ("The Old Man on Mount Omi"); "Oiseau noir" ("Kouro dori") being none other than Paul Claudel's Japanese name.