Bras cassé
€650.00
Bras cassé is a late, incisive Michaux piece probing fracture and recovery as movements of thought. The plum morocco panel binding (Miguet) frames the pages’ taut cadence. Fata Morgana’s restrained typography lets white space and pause do the work; the voice stays close to the nerve. This édition originale appeared in 1973 in 60 numbered copies on Arches; this is no. 43. The Jansenist discretion of the binding supports the text’s edge without overpowering it. An exemplary bibliophile object where material and rhythm coincide.
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Bras cassé
1973 | Montpellier | Fata Morgana
A rare Arches copy, low-numbered, in a superb Miguet binding; elegant, exact, collectible.
Bras cassé is a late, incisive Michaux piece probing fracture and recovery as movements of thought. The plum morocco panel binding (Miguet) frames the pages’ taut cadence. Fata Morgana’s restrained typography lets white space and pause do the work; the voice stays close to the nerve. This édition originale appeared in 1973 in 60 numbered copies on Arches; this is no. 43. The Jansenist discretion of the binding supports the text’s edge without overpowering it. An exemplary bibliophile object where material and rhythm coincide.
€650
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In-8 (Octavo) approx. 20 × 26 cm
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One of 60 copies on Arches; Miguet binding; with Jean Fournier label.
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60
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43
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Arches
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The volume strings brief, charged pieces where the body becomes a sounding board. Jolts, stumbles and resumptions set the rhythm; meaning emerges in the interstices. Arches paper gives the ink body and subtle bite. Miguet’s fine binding lends quiet monumentality. Everything tends toward precision: no ornament, but tension and breath.
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Choix de poèmes
In Choix de poèmes, Michaux’s poetic trajectory is gathered into a compact, portable compass. This édition originale collective was issued by NRF in 1976; the present copy is from the minute head issue of fifteen on vélin pur fil. Miguet’s sober Havana-morocco binding, with panelled frame, marries elegance to rigor—akin to a voice moving between vision and observation. The selection shows the steady pursuit of inner landscapes and linguistic shock. For bibliophiles, luxury paper, original state and atelier binding make a persuasive triad. Provenance from Jacques Dauchez provides a discreet, eloquent seal.
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Poteaux d’angles
In Poteaux d’angles, Henri Michaux returns to compact, probing prose balanced between poem and notebook. Issued by L’Herne in 1971, this copy is from the exceedingly scarce head issue on Hollande paper. Miguet’s raspberry-morocco panelled binding lends a mineral poise that suits Michaux’s angular sentences. The brief pieces act as beacons—jottings, sallies, flashes of insight and refusal. For bibliophiles the trio is ideal: original edition, luxury paper, and a fine atelier binding. The Jacques Dauchez provenance seals its pedigree.
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Moments
Moments is a late, compact Michaux volume where language probes time in brief surges and pauses. The grey-buffalo Jansenist binding—by Miguet—frames the spare layout and lets the text’s rhythm breathe. The title points to flashes of consciousness: halts, starts, reprises. As the édition originale in NRF’s “Le Point du Jour” series, the book exemplifies postwar bibliophile exactitude: precise setting, generous white, tactile paper. This copy is from the very small head issue on vergé de Hollande. The binding’s discreet elegance heightens reading focus.
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Les ravagés
Les ravagés is a late, taut volume in which Michaux probes inner devastation through brief, charged passages. The taupe box-calf Jansenist binding—plain, unadorned—mirrors the text’s austerity and lends the bibliophile object a quiet weight. Fata Morgana’s lucid typography respects the prose’s breathing. As the édition originale, this copy belongs to the very scarce head issue on Arches. The slipcase by Miguet confirms the material care. An intense work where wound, recovery, and interior mapping are handled with surgical poise.
