PELISSIER (P.): Poésies d'un sourd-muet. Gosselin, 1844. In- - Lot 176

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PELISSIER (P.): Poésies d'un sourd-muet. Gosselin, 1844. In- - Lot 176
PELISSIER (P.): Poésies d'un sourd-muet. Gosselin, 1844. In-12 contemporary black half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated (unevenly spotted). Uncommon first edition. Pélissier (1814-1863), a deaf-mute, was taught sign language at the Toulouse institution run by Abbé Chazottes and his brother, Mr. Jules Chazottes. He thus belongs to those silent elites of the 19th century whose successes are proof of the excellence of the method. He taught at the École Impériale des Sourds-Muets de Paris (Saint-Jacques) for twenty years, from 1843 until his death. He is the most famous deaf poet: in 1837, he entered an elegy entitled "Mes Regrets" in a competition organized by the Académie des Jeux Floraux de Toulouse, which won him an honorable mention. In 1844, he published "Choix de poésies d'un sourd-muet". Influenced by the Romantic movement, he was an admirer of Lamartine, who called him a "silent bard" in his verses. His signed name is described in 1840 in L'Ami des sourds-muets: "De la main droite, tracer des lignes sur la paume de la main gauche": this name, which we would translate today as "the Writer", was then understood as "the Poet". He published an "Iconographie des signes faisant partie de l'Enseignement primaire des sourds-muets" (Iconography of signs forming part of the primary education of the deaf and dumb): these were the very first drawing plates for LSF. M Vaïsse explained during a trial, "that M. Pélissier is not dumb from birth, and although he has lost his speech, he has retained enough memory of poetic rhythm to produce poetry that is said to be remarkable". (Pierre Renard).
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