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Une semaine de bonté ou les sept éléments capitaux. Roman. (Benjamin Peret's copy)
by Ernst, Max
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Éditions Jeanne Bucher, 1934. First Edition. First edition. Complete in five volumes, each one of 800 numbered copies on Navarre paper. Publisher's variously-colored wraps, housed in a custom slipcase. Text in French. Near Fine with slightly rubbed and shelfworn wraps, repairs to spines, faint crease to front wrap of third volume. Slipcase lightly sunned and worn.
A great association copy as it belonged to French poet, surrealist, and Dadaist Benjamin Peret. Peret's ink inscription is on the first volume, "Exemplaire de Benjamin Péret : Les statistiques nous apprennent que les dimanches deviennent extrêmement rares. Tant mieux. L'ami Max." (Translated into English: "Benjamin Péret's copy. Statistics tell us that Sundays are becoming extremely rare. So much the better. The friend of Max.") Peret and Ernst both were leading lights of the surrealist movement and adept at creating collages. This proto-graphic novel is an early, acclaimed example of the use of collage in book design with 182 images cut up and rearranged from Victorian encyclopedias and novels.
From the collection of French economist and political adviser Jacques Attali with his bookplate on the chemise.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140943985
- Title
- Une semaine de bonté ou les sept éléments capitaux. Roman. (Benjamin Peret's copy)
- Author
- Ernst, Max
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Éditions Jeanne Bucher
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- surrealism, Dada, Paris, art, graphic novel, novels, Benjamin Peret, Max Ernst
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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