PICASSO, Pablo, DIAGHILEV, Serge, COCTEAU, Jean, BAKST, Leon, and others. Les Ballets russes à Paris, représentations exceptionelles. Paris: Brunoff for Théâtre du Châtelet, 1917. 2° (318 x 245mm). Illustrations throughout, including some photographic and some in colour, of which five by Bakst, three by Picasso, one of these coloured in pochoir, and one after Larionov (text leaves evenly darkened in the margins, light wear). Original illustrated inner wrappers and printed outer wrapper bound with a silk cord (expert repairs to the wrappers, light wear).

PICASSO, Pablo, DIAGHILEV, Serge, COCTEAU, Jean, BAKST, Leon, and others. Les Ballets russes à Paris, représentations exceptionelles. Paris: Brunoff for Théâtre du Châtelet, 1917. 2° (318 x 245mm). Illustrations throughout, including some photographic and some in colour, of which five by Bakst, three by Picasso, one of these coloured in pochoir, and one after Larionov (text leaves evenly darkened in the margins, light wear). Original illustrated inner wrappers and printed outer wrapper bound with a silk cord (expert repairs to the wrappers, light wear).

FIRST EDITION. Rare programme for the 1917 season, which included 'Parade': the legendary Cubist ballet written by Cocteau and Satie, with costumes and design by Picasso. One of the plates illustrating Picasso's costume for the acrobat is hand-coloured in pochoir. Rare: WorldCat locates just 4 copies worldwide, none in the UK.