Des cristaux naturels
€650.00
Des cristaux naturels sets Ponge’s precise, matter-attentive language within a bibliophile framework that heightens sensory focus. The chocolate box-calf binding with a geometric balsa inlay turns the book into a subtly tactile object. Bettencourt’s L’air du temps favors clean typography and fine paper, rendered here in a lucid page design. Modern without showiness, the object discreetly accompanies the reading. As the original 1949 edition, it typifies postwar small-press craftsmanship. The ensemble radiates concentration, material intelligence, and poised proportion.
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Des cristaux naturels
1949 | Saint-Maurice-d’Ételan | Bettencourt, Pierre
An early Bettencourt edition in a refined binding with balsa relief; numbered copy in excellent condition.
Des cristaux naturels sets Ponge’s precise, matter-attentive language within a bibliophile framework that heightens sensory focus. The chocolate box-calf binding with a geometric balsa inlay turns the book into a subtly tactile object. Bettencourt’s L’air du temps favors clean typography and fine paper, rendered here in a lucid page design. Modern without showiness, the object discreetly accompanies the reading. As the original 1949 edition, it typifies postwar small-press craftsmanship. The ensemble radiates concentration, material intelligence, and poised proportion.
€650
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In-8 (Octavo) approx. 20 × 26 cm
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One of 150 numbered copies; Miguet binding with balsa composition.
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150
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103
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Ponge examines things with near-mineralogical exactness: description turns into inquiry, metaphor into mechanism. Short prose pieces are sequenced so each lets a single facet spark. The form remains clean and rhythmic; white space participates. The book’s material presence—binding, balsa, slipcase—echoes crystal, structure and sheen. The reader encounters compact, sharply articulated observations. The whole reads as a choreography of precision and thinking aloud.
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