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Aminadab

by BLANCHOT Maurice

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Paris: Gallimard, 1942. Fine. Gallimard, Paris 1942, 14x20,5cm, relié. - Edition originale, un des exemplaires du service de presse. Reliure en demi maroquin cerise, dos à cinq nerfs, date dorée en queue, plats de papier marbré, gardes et contreplats de papier à la cuve, couvertures et dos insolé conservés, tête dorée, élégante reliure signée de P. Goy & C. Vilaine. Très bel et précieux envoi autographe signé de Maurice Blanchot à son frère René et sa femme Inge : ""Un bonze demanda un jour au bonze Sozan Daishi : Qu'est-ce quiest le plus précieux au monde ? / N'importe quoi, une charogne, latête d'un chat mort, répondit Sosan Daishi. / Pourquoi ? ? Parcequ'on ne peut l'évaluer. Zenso Mondo. / Pour René et Inge en toute affection. Maurice.""Bel exemplaire parfaitement établi d'une émouvante provenance. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy. Elegant half dark red morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine (sunned) preserved, top edge gilt. Fine and handsome autograph inscription signed from Maurice Blanchot to his brother René and his wife Inge : Un bonze demanda un jour au bonze Sozan Daishi : Qu'est-ce quiest le plus précieux au monde ? / N'importe quoi, une charogne, latête d'un chat mort, répondit Sosan Daishi. / Pourquoi ? ? Parcequ'on ne peut l'évaluer. Zenso Mondo. / Pour René et Inge en toute affection. Maurice. [A bonze asked bonze Sozan Daishi one day: ""What is the most precious thing in the world?""/ ""Whatever - a rotting carcass, the head of a dead cat,"" replied Sosan Daishi./ ""Why??"" ""Because it's priceless"". Zenso Mondo./ For René and Inge with all love. Maurice]"". A very good copy perfectly bound with a moving provenance.

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Title
Aminadab
Author
BLANCHOT Maurice
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Gallimard
Place of Publication
Paris
Date Published
1942
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