Arthur Rimbaud / Suzanne Ballivet - Œuvres complètes - 1959

Fascinating numbered copy 764 on Lana vellum and illustrated with beautiful lithographs by Suzanne Ballivet. The work opens with the early poems composed during adolescence, where Rimbaud already reveals an exceptional mastery of classical versification while expressing a deep revolt against the social, religious, moral, and literary conventions of his time -

Anthologies of verse such as Sensation, Ma Bohème, Le Dormeur du Val, Le Bateau ivre, Les Poètes de sept ans or Le Mal bear witness to his admiration for nature, his compassion for the victims of war, his taste for absolute freedom, and his desire to explore the unknown territories of the imagination -

The author profoundly renews poetic language by multiplying bold images, unexpected associations, striking metaphors, and rhythmic innovations that break with the traditional models of Parnassus -

An essential part of the work is devoted to the Lettres du Voyant, in which Rimbaud sets out his famous theory that the poet must achieve a higher knowledge through the “derangement of all the senses,” thereby transforming poetry into a means of exploring the invisible and revealing the hidden truths of the world -

Arthur Rimbaud / Suzanne Ballivet - Complete Works - 1959 - Librairie Rombaldi -
315 pp

Good condition of the binding, book block in sheets in its full original vellum cover, under a dust jacket and publisher's slipcase, book partly insolated, a few minor flaws, smooth spine titled -

Very good interior condition, title pages printed in red and black, the work enriched with beautiful lithographs by Suzanne Ballivet, copy no. 764 on Lana vellum, text clean, interior fresh -

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