La Panthère noire
€450.00
A rare *édition originale* that embodies Pierre Albert-Birot’s artisanal independence. The poet set and printed this octavo himself on the handpress at 4 impasse des Canettes, Paris, in January 1938. The book is lean and decisive, pairing crisp typography with a supple voice. *La Panthère noire* belongs to his mature period, leaping—catlike—between irony and tenderness. For bibliophiles, the author-as-printer adds particular appeal: every page shows the maker’s hand. This copy is further distinguished by a signed presentation to the painter Lucienne Tessier du Cros and by the author’s autograph prière d’insérer". A rare personal witness to an independent strain of Parisian modernism."
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Albert-Birot, Pierre
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La Panthère noire
1938 | Paris | Éditions des Canettes
A spare yet luminous testament to autonomous poetry and craft, enriched by personal paratext. For admirers of modernist print culture, a key piece. Rare in this condition and provenance.
A rare *édition originale* that embodies Pierre Albert-Birot’s artisanal independence. The poet set and printed this octavo himself on the handpress at 4 impasse des Canettes, Paris, in January 1938. The book is lean and decisive, pairing crisp typography with a supple voice. *La Panthère noire* belongs to his mature period, leaping—catlike—between irony and tenderness. For bibliophiles, the author-as-printer adds particular appeal: every page shows the maker’s hand. This copy is further distinguished by a signed presentation to the painter Lucienne Tessier du Cros and by the author’s autograph prière d’insérer". A rare personal witness to an independent strain of Parisian modernism."
€450
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In-8 (Octavo) approx. 20 × 26 cm
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Presentation copy with author’s autograph prière d’insérer" — scarce."
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A compact collection in which Albert-Birot, under the emblem of the black panther, probes shadow, desire, and watchfulness. The poems swing between playful understatement and concentrated intensity. Rhythm and white space govern the reading, supported by lucid typography. The book meditates on passing time and on the ambiguity of seeing and being seen. The voice is restrained yet charged, with sudden leaps that keep the reader alert.
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