Déplacements, dégagements
€590.00
A late, crystalline book in which Henri Michaux turns, as the title promises, to motions and clearings rendered in taut, brief sequences. Published in 1985 by NRF, this copy is luxuriously bound: red morocco with balsa boards, chemise and slipcase by Miguet—light in the hand, rich to the touch. Michaux’s voice is sure and ascetic; sentences strike a rhythm like notes from inner travels. The clean layout breathes with white space, tightening the diction. One of the 50 deluxe copies on Holland wove; this is no. 24, in notably fresh condition. A book of passages in which language itself undertakes the journey.
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Déplacements, dégagements
1985 | Paris | NRF
Rare tête issue on Holland wove, no. 24, near fine, elegant Miguet binding.
A late, crystalline book in which Henri Michaux turns, as the title promises, to motions and clearings rendered in taut, brief sequences. Published in 1985 by NRF, this copy is luxuriously bound: red morocco with balsa boards, chemise and slipcase by Miguet—light in the hand, rich to the touch. Michaux’s voice is sure and ascetic; sentences strike a rhythm like notes from inner travels. The clean layout breathes with white space, tightening the diction. One of the 50 deluxe copies on Holland wove; this is no. 24, in notably fresh condition. A book of passages in which language itself undertakes the journey.
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In-4 (Quarto) approx. 25 × 32 cm
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One of 50 deluxe tête copies, numbered, on Holland wove (Miguet).
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50
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24
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vergé de Hollande
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Michaux employs jolts, negations, and reprises, forcing the reader to “hear” pauses, surges, silences. The austere typography acts as a score; spacing and enjambment conduct the voice. The deluxe binding frames rather than ornaments the text, heightening its austerity. The result is a poetics where resistance sharpens lucidity.
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