Jean Cocteau - litho 'The White Book'

Beautiful lithograph hand-coloured by MB Armington, painter.
Printed on sturdy Japanese paper and in excellent condition.
From the portfolio 'Le Livre Blanc', an erotic work. The anonymous publication of the text in 1928 caused a scandal. For this illustrated edition, Jean Cocteau appears here only as an illustrator of the work and not as an author. He half-heartedly acknowledges his authorship in a text reproduced in facsimile about the illustration: "It is said that Le Livre blanc was my work. I suppose that is why you asked me to illustrate it, and why I agreed [...] But As much as I like this book – if it were mine – I wouldn't want to sign it because it would take the form of an autobiography, and I reserve the right to write my own book, which is even more unique. I am therefore content to give my approval to this anonymous attempt to clear a field left too vacant, May 1930. Jean Cocteau.
Last page indicates the provenance (not included in the sale).
portrait photo of the artist is purely illustrative of the advertisement.
Will be professionally packaged and shipped with track and trace.