Le Mirivis des Naturgies
€575.00
A pataphysical rarity in handsome dress: the so-called typographic edition of Le Mirivis des Naturgies, issued the same year as the famed Dubuffet-illustrated version. This booklet presents only André Martel’s texts, crisply composed and rhythmically paced, printed on vélin in 300 numbered copies. The present copy received a later luxury binding in black morocco with framed panels and balsa boards by Miguet, giving the book an almost sculptural tactility. The colophon credits Fequet and Baudier and notes the hors-commerce status. It includes a generous presentation inscription from Martel to Jean L’Anselme, who in turn forwards it. Binding, text, and provenance make a compelling whole for the collector of pataphysical language experiments.
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Martel, André
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Le Mirivis des Naturgies
1963 | Paris
An exemplary state of Martel’s sound-machine, in sculptural binding with strong provenance. Scarce, clean, and compelling as a document of pataphysical creativity.
A pataphysical rarity in handsome dress: the so-called typographic edition of Le Mirivis des Naturgies, issued the same year as the famed Dubuffet-illustrated version. This booklet presents only André Martel’s texts, crisply composed and rhythmically paced, printed on vélin in 300 numbered copies. The present copy received a later luxury binding in black morocco with framed panels and balsa boards by Miguet, giving the book an almost sculptural tactility. The colophon credits Fequet and Baudier and notes the hors-commerce status. It includes a generous presentation inscription from Martel to Jean L’Anselme, who in turn forwards it. Binding, text, and provenance make a compelling whole for the collector of pataphysical language experiments.
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In-4 (Quarto) approx. 25 × 32 cm
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One of 300 numbered copies on vélin; with Martel’s presentation to Jean L’Anselme, later forwarded to Jacques Dauchez; letter on ministerial letterhead laid in.
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300
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No. 237
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Martel’s book stages his “martelanguage” as a musical system of sound and rhythm. The typographic issue removes imagery so the language itself can reverberate. In large quarto the spacing and typographic pulse read with clarity. Miguet’s master binding heightens the object quality and the paradox of an anti-academic text in a luxurious case. The run is strict: 300 numbered copies, hors commerce. The envoi and L’Anselme’s forwarding capture a lively pataphysical network.
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