Germain NOUVEAU : Knowing how to love. Paris,... - Lot 241 - Vermot et Associés

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Germain NOUVEAU : Knowing how to love. Paris,... - Lot 241 - Vermot et Associés
Germain NOUVEAU : Knowing how to love. Paris, published by the friends of the Author, 1904. In-12 half brown basane of the period, smooth spine decorated (slightly faded, a few small rubs, without the covers). First edition published under the pseudonym of G.-N. Humilis, of Germain Nouveau's masterpiece. Composed in Paris between 1879 and 1881, Savoir Aimer, which the author called La Doctrine de l'Amour, is one of the masterpieces of modern spiritual poetry. The influence of Germain Nouveau on the Surrealist poets is undeniable: André Breton and Paul Éluard adored him, and Aragon wrote: "Not an epigone of Rimbaud: his equal". The work, published without the author's knowledge by his friend Léonce de Larmandie, was printed in small numbers on modest paper, estimated at about 200 copies; there was no deluxe edition. Legend has it that Germain Nouveau, out of an excess of humility, destroyed all the copies that came to his hand. Very rare in contemporary binding. Beautiful copy.
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