Armed with Madness

Author Mary Butts British

Illustrator Jean Cocteau French

Publisher Wishart & Company British

1928

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Title: Armed with Madness
Author: Mary Butts (British, 20th century)
Illustrator: Jean Cocteau (French, Maisons-Laffitte 1889–1963 Milly-la-Forêt)
Publisher: Wishart & Company (London)
Published in: London
Date: 1928
Medium: Illustrations: lithographs
Dimensions: 8 11/16 x 6 1/2 in. (22 x 16.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1970
Object Number: 1970.549.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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