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1926 Dadaist Cocteau designed by Teige

Jean Cocteau – The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower [Svatebčané na Eiffelce] (Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel) Prague: Odeon, 1926. Small-format paperback (Malá edice Odeon), approx. 5th volume in the series. Czech translation by Miloš Hlávka and J. Frejka. Original wrappers and typo designed by Karel Teige (anon). Early Czech avant-garde edition of Cocteau’s Dadaist theatrical text, issued in a limited printing (noted 400 copies). A fine example of Teige’s functionalist typography. Very good condition. Very nicely preserved. Inv. i1