Curiosa - Raymond Radiguet, "the Devil With The Body", Illustrations By Paul émile Bécat. 1957

16 color compositions by Paul-Émile BÉCAT. Editions Georges GUILLOT 39, rue de paradis Paris. 188 bound pages in a 24 x 30 x 5.5 cm cardboard box. Good condition. This edition, designed by Georges GUILLOT and produced with André KOCH, was printed by FEQUET and BAUDIER, typographers. The illustrations were drawn by Louis DUVAL and colored by hand by Jean and Paulette MONNIER. It was completed in Paris on January 2, 1957. Copy No. 475, printed on vellum from rives à la forme, out of 1,000 printed copies. Unpublished preface by Jean COCTEAU of the French Academy. “Raymond Radiguet, monster of genius, certainly had, like Rimbaud, the devil in his body, but this devil seems very suspicious. More than an infernal zone, it comes from the “Green paradise of childish love” and from this “part of God” that Gide grants us. This “part of God” was his own and whereas with others it comes from beyond, with him it was the base, the plinth, the sap of the tree, the core of the fruit. With “Le Diable au Corps”, a plant is told in our language and the slightest line of his book will always retain the peach fluff of a cheek on fire.”

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