Set of 3 volumes including: - Lot 11

Set of 3 volumes including: - COCTEAU (Jean). Renaud et Armide. Tragedy in three acts, in verse. Paris, Nrf, 1945. In-4 paperback, edition illustrated with 30 color lithographs by Christian BÉRARD. Limited edition of 390 numbered copies, this one #210, one of 355 on white vellum B.F.K. de Rives. - COCTEAU (Jean). Roméo et Juliette. Pretext for a staging by Jean Cocteau, based on William Shakespeare's play. Sets and costumes by Jean Hugo. Paris, Au sans pareil, 1926. In-4 paperback in filled cover, publisher's lace-up folder and cardboard slipcase, edition illustrated by Jean Hugo with 21 original color engravings (except title engraving), 13 of which hors texte. Limited edition of 432 numbered copies, this one no. 308, one of 350 on Montgolfier d'Annonay vellum. (spine of dust jacket faded) - Vingt-cinq ans d'élégance à Paris 1925-1950. Paris, Editions Pierre Tisné, 1951. Large in-4 paperback with printed cover and publisher's slipcase, first edition of this book commissioned by Marcel Rochas for his 25th anniversary as a couturier, presenting the history of fashion and the luxury industries in Paris from 1925 to 1950. Texts by Jacques Audiberti, Germaine Beaumont, Jean Cocteau, André Fraigneau, Marcel Jouhandeau, Louis Jouvet, Pierre Mac Orlan and Louise de Vilmorin, and contributions by Maurice Sachs, Paul Valéry and Léon-Paul Fargue, among other Parisian personalities of the period. Illustrated with 8 color plates by Kees Van Dongen, Raoul Dufy, Chirico, Benito, Salvador Dali, Christian Bérard, Picasso and Sam, as well as numerous black reproductions. Copy no. 463. Cracks to the slipcase. Provenance: Anne Marie Berger Collection