FOUJITA (Léonard) - CLAUDEL (Paul). - Lot 215

FOUJITA (Léonard) - CLAUDEL (Paul). L'Oiseau Noir Dans le Soleil Levant. Paris : Excelsior, 1927. -In-8, paperback, lined cover. First edition of this collection composed by Claudel on the occasion of his second stay in the Far East from 1921 to 1927. The author saw it as a complement to Connaissance de l'Est. The first edition is illustrated with 23 compositions by Léonard FOUJITA (1886-1968), including an orange and black one on the cover, 10 black drawings in the text and 12 original color etchings outside the text. It also includes the last chapter in the form of a large fold-out table. Edition of 545 copies, this being one of 425 on Arches laid paper. Includes a newspaper column by Paul Claudel entitled "Adieu, Japon! Some soiling to cover, small tears to spine. The paper of the enclosed chronicle has browned the first endpapers. Provenance: Pierre Lamasse, with bookplate.