- WITH 28 ORIGINAL FOUJITA WOODCUTS -

LES ADVENTURES DE
ROI PAUSOLE
                             (From the "Le Livre de Demain" Series) 

By Pierre Louys


[2 Volumes Bound as 1] Paris: Artheme Fayard, 1929 (1934). Hardcover in red cloth boards lettered in black. Measures 9-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches; 174 pages illustrated with 28 original woodcuts by Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (Japan, 1886-1968) including 5 full-page plates. An erotic tale with lesbian themes.

Bound together with:  Air Indien by Paul Morand - 110 pages with 63 original woodcuts by Jean Constant Raymond Renefer (France, 1879-1957).

Bookplate of decorated WWI officer and noted collector (and yachtsman) Peter Carrington-Peirce (1897-1979) on front pastedown, minor spotting edge-tearing, otherwise very good overall condition. Woodcuts are very good throughout.
Biography:

Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (藤田 嗣治, Fujita Tsuguharu, November 27, 1886 – January 29, 1968) was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker born in Tokyo, Japan, who applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings. He has been called "the most important Japanese artist working in the West during the 20th century". His Book of Cats, published in New York by Covici Friede, 1930, with 20 etched plate drawings by Foujita, is one of the top 500 (in price) rare books ever sold, and is ranked by rare book dealers as "the most popular and desirable book on cats ever published".

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