The hour is not for poetry.The hour is for poets.
To all those who preserve the voice of Humankind.
And to those who are made to fall silent.
To suspended time.
Love was always cause for celebration but seldom the wars waged in its name. And yet beware, Valentine: your disciples are undisciplined, for love is plural and loves, singular!
From Gutenberg to Robespierre, explore the golden ages of the book: incunabula, humanist editions, classical authors, Enlightenment philosophers, revolutionary works. A selection of books printed between 1450 and 1789, in first editions and fine period bindings.
Signed books and manuscripts by the author of Green Wheat, Claudine, Sido, La Chatte, The Blue Lantern...
Despite Gutenberg's genius invention, manuscripts will never be erased by the printed word, and solid moveable types are evenly matched by fragile penned letters. Hasty or diligent writing, spidery scrawls or sign of the times.
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on white vellum, the sole issue with 15 copies on Japon.A fine copy, notwithstanding a small spot to the upper left margin of the second board.