When the dedicatee is prestigious, when the inscription itself is part of the writer's history or sheds new light on the work... an exceptional autograph bears witness to a major event: the work's encounter with History.
First edition, strictly hors commerce and printed in a small number of copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
Beautiful autograph inscription signed by Pierre Guyotat:
"B
E
A
Pour Francis Ponge, ce B.A. = BA de l'écriture, où s'intercale le "E" de l'étouffement, Pierre Guyotat, le 19 Avril 1973." ["For Francis Ponge, this B.A. = the ABC of writing, where the "E" of suffocation intercedes, Pierre Guyotat, 19 April 1973."]
"Léger comme une antilope / Il dansait, fumant son clope / Une java pleine de syncopes / Elle en eut le coeur cassé"
Comme devant une place / Pleine de gens et de bruit / Je reste figé sur place / Arrêté devant ma vie
First edition on ordinary paper.
Work decorated with a frontispiece illustration by Joan Miro.
Very precious autograph inscription signed by Janine Queneau to her great friend Boris Vian: "A Boris dont je crains d'avoir bien mal suivi les conseils. Avec beaucoup d'affection. Janine." ["To Boris, whose advice I fear I have followed very poorly. With much affection. Janine."]
Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.
Third edition after the original published in Bordeaux in 1593 and a second Parisian edition in 1594. The copy mentions the second edition because it is the second to be published in Bordeaux.
Extremely rare handwritten presentation signed by the author on the page of the endpaper: “Pour Monsieur de Rives en memoire de moy. A Caors ce iiij [4] may 1595. Charron.” “For Monseiur de Rives in memory of me. In Caors this iiij [4] May 1595. Charron.” It is, without doubt, about Jean III de Rieu, Lord of Rives, who belonged to the family of Antoine Hébrard de Saint-Sulpice, bishop of Cahors. Pierre Charron had been called theological by this same bishop of Cahors and became his curate
