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PONGE (Francis). *Like a Fig of Speech and Why*. Paris: Flam…
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166
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PONGE (Francis). *Like a Fig of Speech and Why*. Paris: Flam…
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
PONGE (Francis). *Like a Fig of Speech and Why*. Paris: Flammarion, 1977. In-8, Revorim binding, black leather front and back covers, beige sheepskin spine, exposed stitching on red canvas straps, untrimmed, cover and spine (J. de Gonet Artefacts). First edition.
One of the 44 limited-edition copies on white Dutch laid paper.
A fine copy in a full leather binding, with the title block aligned and signed.
Included are three booklets by the same author, bound together in a slipcase designed by Pierre Mercier:
– Unfinished Ode to Mud. Brussels, La Sirène, 1953. In-12, paperback. First edition. One of the 235 copies on vellum released for sale. Autographed copy sent to the Belgian poet Robert Guiette (1895–1976).
– *Nioque de l’Avant-Printemps*. Paris, Gallimard, 1983. In-12, paperback. First edition. One of 43 special copies printed on Holland paper, complete with errata slip.
– Petite suite vivaraise. [Montpellier], Fata Morgana, 1983. In-12, paperback. First edition. One of 60 copies printed on Johannot pure-fibre vellum.
Also included, by the same author: *Mais pour qui donc se prennent ces gens-là ?* Paris, n.p., February 1974. A leaflet in-16 format, 4 pp., loose sheets, in a grey canvas slipcase with drawstring (Pierre Mercier). First edition of this scathing ‘right of reply’ to an article by Marcelin Pleynet on Georges Braque published in *Art Press*.
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About the sale
First editions from the 19th to the 21st century
Auction location
Auction time
09/16/2026 at 2:00 PM
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