Paul Valéry / Hans Erni - Réflexions simples sur le corps - 1967

Fascinating numbered edition 62 on Pearl Japanese paper illustrated with 25 original lithographs by Mourlot from Hans Erni, including portraits of the artist and the author in black on double page, 5 double pages, 7 full pages in color -

The work continues Valéry's philosophical and poetic reflections on self-knowledge, consciousness, movement, and the relations between mind and matter, offering a meditation that is simple in its expression yet deep in its implications -

The body is addressed not as an isolated biological object, but as a living, sensitive, and thinking reality, constantly interacting with the external world. Valéry is interested in sensations, perceptions, gestures, the coordination of movements, and the way the body becomes the place where thought itself is manifested -

He examines the complex relationships between intelligence and corporality, between the abstraction of the mind and the materiality of gestures, emphasizing that all mental activity is inseparable from a physical support -

Paul Valéry / Hans Erni - Simple Reflections on the Body - 1967 - 2 volumes -
132 Pages.

Bindings in good condition, loose-leaf works in their cover with a rosette-silk embossed spiderweb motif, sturdy cardboard case, lined with black velvet inside, light signs of use, author’s and illustrator’s names interlaced on the top of the box, title in black letters on the spine -

Very good interior condition, some stains, works enriched with 25 original lithographs printed by Mourlot from Hans Erni, some double-page (very beautiful colorings), including portraits of the artist and the author in black on double page, 5 double pages, 7 full pages in color, edition of 516 numbered copies, one of 40 on pearl Japanese paper including in a separate case a set of 14 hors-texte (portraits, full page and double page) on Auvergne and another set of the same 14 hors-texte on Holland (No. 62) -

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