Comte de Lautréamont / René Magritte - Les Chants de Maldoror - 1948

1 bind i in-8, mykbind, 190 sider - Ytre slitasje uten alvorlig skade på ryggen, innside frisk - Behagelig eksemplar.

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Utgivelsen av Chants de Maldoror utgitt av Éditions La Boétie i Brussel i 1948 er en av de mest kjente illustrerte utgavene av Isidore Ducasses verk.

Verket er prydet med 77 reproduksjoner av Magrittes blekktegninger, hvorav 12 fulldags-plater og en vignetthøne på omslaget.

Magrittes illustrasjoner

Denne utgaven har blitt ikonisk takket være dialogen mellom Lautréamonts univers og Magrittes univers. Tegningene søker ikke å illustrere teksten bokstavelig; de utvider heller dens merkelige, urovekkende og poetiske atmosfære. Surrealisme fra Magritte passer spesielt godt til fantasiverdenen i Chants de Maldoror, et verk som surrealistene, særlig André Breton, betraktet som grunnleggende for bevegelsen.

Bibliophil interesse

Utgaven fra 1948 er i dag svært ettertraktet. Eksemplarer beskrivs ofte etter:

deres trykk (vanlig papir eller luksuspapir);
dets tilstand hva gjelder bevaring, spesielt omslaget og ryggen;
denes fullstendige tilstedeværelse av Magrittes illustrasjoner.

Tallfestede eksemplarer på luksuspapir er særlig ettertraktet av samlere.

Betydning

Denne utgaven regnes som en av de vakreste illustrerte utgavene av Chants de Maldoror, på linje med de som er utsmykket med graveringer av Salvador Dalí eller andre 20. århundrets kunstnere. Den forblir en referanse for elskere av Lautréamont, surrealismen og moderne illustrerte bøker.


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1 bind i in-8 mykbind, 190 sider - Ytre slitasje uten alvorlig skade på ryggen, innside frisk - Fin eksemplar.

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The edition of Les Chants de Maldoror published by Éditions La Boétie in Brussels in 1948 is one of the most famous illustrated editions of the work of Isidore Ducasse.

The book is adorned with 77 reproductions of ink drawings by Magritte, including 12 full-page plates and a vignette on the cover.

Magritte’s illustrations

This edition has become emblematic thanks to the dialogue between the worlds of Lautréamont and Magritte. The drawings do not try to illustrate the text literally; they rather extend its strange, disturbing and poetic atmosphere. The surrealism of Magritte is particularly well suited to the imaginary world of Les Chants de Maldoror, a work that the surrealists, notably André Breton, considered as the founding work of their movement.

Bibliophilic interest

The 1948 edition is now very popular. Copies are often described according to:

their print (regular or luxury paper);

their state of preservation, particularly as regards the cover and back;

the complete presence of Magritte’s illustrations.

Numbered copies on luxury paper are particularly popular with collectors.

Importance

This edition is considered one of the most beautiful illustrated editions of the Songs of Maldoror, as well as those decorated with engravings by Salvador Dalí or other artists of the twentieth century. It remains a reference for lovers of Lautréamont, surrealism and modern illustrated books.


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1 volume in-8, softback, 190 pages - External wear without major damage to the spine, fresh interior - Nice copy.

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The edition of Les Chants de Maldoror published by Éditions La Boétie in Brussels in 1948 is one of the most famous illustrated editions of the work of Isidore Ducasse.

The book is adorned with 77 reproductions of ink drawings by Magritte, including 12 full-page plates and a vignette on the cover.

Magritte’s illustrations

This edition has become emblematic thanks to the dialogue between the worlds of Lautréamont and Magritte. The drawings do not try to illustrate the text literally; they rather extend its strange, disturbing and poetic atmosphere. The surrealism of Magritte is particularly well suited to the imaginary world of Les Chants de Maldoror, a work that the surrealists, notably André Breton, considered as the founding work of their movement.

Bibliophilic interest

The 1948 edition is now very popular. Copies are often described according to:

their print (regular or luxury paper);

their state of preservation, particularly as regards the cover and back;

the complete presence of Magritte’s illustrations.

Numbered copies on luxury paper are particularly popular with collectors.

Importance

This edition is considered one of the most beautiful illustrated editions of the Chants de Maldoror, as well as those decorated with engravings by Salvador Dalí or other artists of the twentieth century. It remains a reference for lovers of Lautréamont, surrealism and modern illustrated books.