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DESNOS, Robert (1900-1945)

Lot 69
21.03.2024 13:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 69 | DESNOS, Robert (1900-1945)
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DESNOS, Robert (1900-1945)
La Liberté ou l’amour. Paris : Éditions du Sagittaire – Simon Kra, s.d. [1927].
Exemplaire de tête sur Japon, très grand de marges, dans une superbe reliure de Jacques Anthoine-Legrain.
L'ouvrage est célèbre pour avoir été soi-disant censuré - l'éditeur l'aurait amputé des pages les plus crues, en amont de sa parution. Nulle mention donc du Divin Bébé Cadum, ou du Club des buveurs de sperme. "Le doute subsiste : Kra a-til devancé la condamnation en faisant imprimer l'ouvrage sans les pages incriminées, ou a-t-il monté un "coup" bibliophilique en faisant croire qu'il devance une possible condamnation et en s'autocensurant ? À l'époque, on ne condamne pas un livre avant son impression. Aujourd'hui, aucune trace d'un quelconque jugement obligeant les Kra à censurer le volume n'a été retrouvée mais, si laisser croire que l'on est censuré n'est pas un délit, c'est en revanche une astuce qui donna au livre une jolie notoriété" (Laurent et Mousli, Les Éditions du Sagittaire, IMEC, 2003, p. 113) ; Pia, Enfer, col. 799-800.

In-16 (171 x 130 mm). Édition originale. Un des 35 exemplaires de tête sur Japon, celui-ci le n°30. En frontispice, reproduction d’une page du manuscrit autographe de Desnos.
Reliure signée de Jacques Anthoine-Legrain : maroquin lavallière, sur les plats, panneaux de galuchat ivoire, bordés de petits cercles dorés, reste des plats ornés de pièces de maroquin vert mosaïqué et de filets courbes dorés et au palladium, dos long et encadrement intérieur à décor analogue, doublures et gardes de daim beige, couverture et dos conservés, tranches dorées sur témoins, chemise, étui (chemise restaurée, petit accroc à la dernière garde).
Provenance : Gwenn-Aël Bolloré (1925-2001 ; sa vente, Sotheby’s Paris, 12 février 2002, lot n°18).

One of the first 35 copies, on Japan paper, bound by Jacques Anthoine-Legrain.
Artist:Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)
Place of origin:France
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