Description
LEIRIS (Michel).
Diary 1922–1989.
Paris: Gallimard, [1992]. — In-8, 235 x 146: 954 pp., (3 leaves, the last blank), 4 leaves of photographs, printed cover. Paperback, covered binding.
First edition, edited, introduced and annotated by Jean Jamin. It is illustrated with a drawing by the author reproduced as a frontispiece, several drawings within the text, and 8 black-and-white photographs, reproduced on 4 leaves in the centre of the book.
This diary, kept almost without interruption by Michel Leiris, combines personal, ethnographic and autobiographical reflections, including periods relating to his travels in Africa.
One of 90 copies printed on pure Lana rag vellum (no. 12), the only edition printed on large-format paper.
A very well-preserved copy.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
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10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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