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Romeo et Juliette. Pretexte à Mise en Scène par Jean Cocteau, d'Après le Drame de William Shakespeare. Décors et Costumes de Jean Hugo

Hugo

Paris. Au Sans Pareil. 1926
From the edition limited to 420 copies.
pp.104 4to. With 12 full-page and 8 in-text illustrations hand coloured under the supervision of Jean Hugo. Original wrappers, loose in publisher's decorated chemise with ties.
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