LAUTRÉAMONT (Count of). Maldoror. Prague, Odeon [Jan Fromek] - Lot 176

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LAUTRÉAMONT (Count of). Maldoror. Prague, Odeon [Jan Fromek] - Lot 176
LAUTRÉAMONT (Count of). Maldoror. Prague, Odeon [Jan Fromek], spring 1929. Small 8vo, paperback, black cover adorned with a printed title label, 123-[4] pages. First edition in Czech, featuring a substantial selection from *Les Chants de Maldoror* compiled by Philippe Soupault and Karel Teige. Translated by Jindřich Hořejší for Chants II through VI and by Karel Teige for the first chant. Afterword, cover, and remarkable typographic layout by Karel Teige. The book is illustrated with 12 original full-page lithographs by Jindřich Štyrský. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies: 50 on Van Gelder Holland paper, the first 25 of which feature lithographs hand-colored and signed by Štyrský, and 250 copies on Antik paper. A major publication of the Czech avant-garde. Published in the spring of 1929, the edition was seized by Czechoslovak censors in July of the same year, sparking a major protest campaign. It is also the first illustrated edition of *Les Chants de Maldoror*.
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