Bonet, Carnets, 812. <\/i><\/p>\n
First edition, published in this rare off-print of Mercure de France<\/i> where the poem was included on 16 octobre 1917, later included in the collection of poems, Odes<\/i>, in 1920 at NRF. <\/p>\n
A lovely inscribed copy in a very fine Bonet binding. <\/p>\n
“La confusion morose<\/p>\n
Qui me servait de sommeil <\/p>\n
Se dissipe d\u00e8s la rose<\/p>\n
Apparence du soleil” <\/p>\n
Copy inscribed and signed “\u00e0 Albert Mockel bien affectueusement son ami P.V.” Mockel (1866-1945), writer and symbolist poet, founder of the symbolist journal in Li\u00e8ge La Wallonie<\/i> had published some of Paul Valery’s first poems. <\/p>\n
Bonet notes for this binding, the third he designed for this title : “Il y a longtemps que je n’avais utilis\u00e9 le point comme seul \u00e9l\u00e9ment de d\u00e9cor. Il permet de conserver une apparence de grande l\u00e9g\u00e8ret\u00e9 malgr\u00e9 une construction rigoureusement g\u00e9om\u00e9trique” [It’s been a long time since I’ve used the individual point as the only decorative element. It allows me to maintain an appearance of great lightness despite a rigorously geometric construction].<\/p>\n
Very fine copy in perfect condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
8vo (220 x 140 mm) 8 un.l. including first and last blank. Light red morocco, covers decorated in an irradiating style with gilt and silver points, turning in geometrical and concentrical circles around a stylized sun, flat spine gilt, inside covers and endpapers in blue calf, gilt edges, yellow printed covers bound in, matching chemise and slipcase (Paul Bonet 1947<\/i>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":83698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[530],"product_tag":[1246,1267,1450,1264],"class_list":{"0":"post-83707","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-binding","7":"product_tag-20th-century-literature","8":"product_tag-binding","9":"product_tag-first-edition","10":"product_tag-inscription","11":"pa_auteur-valery-paul-2","12":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","14":"first","15":"outofstock","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Paul VALERY","chapeau":"Inscribed association copy bound by Paul Bonet","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, extrait du Mercure de France, 1917","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n