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Books, Autographs & Prints / Part II

Wednesday 31 March 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Queneau, Raymond

One hundred thousand milliards de poèmes, 1961

Estimate

€ 150 - 200

Sold

€ 192

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

NRF, Gallimard, 1961. In 4th. Frontispiece printed in red and black, editorial binding in canvas with front plate & nbsp; author imprinted in red and the title in black, slight spots.

Specialist Notes

First edition of this amazing example of "combinatorial literature", the tab-mounted striped text system that allows for a considerable number of permutations. As Queneau writes in his preface, "counting 45 seconds to read a sonnet and 15 seconds to change the shutters, at 8 hours a day, 200 days a year, we have more than a million centuries of reading, and reading all day 365 days a year, for: 190258751 years, (without taking leap years into account) ". Limited edition & nbsp; of 2750 copies, ours is the 447. & nbsp;