RILKE, Rainer Maria; BALTUSZ. Mitsou Quarante Images par Baltusz. Paris: Seguier, 1988. First edition. Mild wear and toning to covers, else very good/near fine in wrappers and printed quarter slip jacket. 223/6666. Balthus was ten years old when he told, in forty wonderful drawings, the story of his life with his cat Mitsou. Writer Rainer Maria Rilke, a friend of the family, dazzled by the young painter’s talent and sensing the importance of these drawings already representative of the Balthusian universe, wrote the preface and supported the publication of this volume. A new and limited edition in French that perfectly duplicates the 1921 original. 223/6666. Shipped USPS Media Mail.