Accession number
PML 195786
Creator
Jarry, Alfred, 1873-1907.
Published
[Paris] : Editio[n] dv Mercvre de Fra[n]ce, 1895.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2012.
Notes
Contains the first version of the play, Ubu roi.
Title, author, imprint, and distributor transposed typographically in cryptograms.
"Se ve[n]d aussj a l'Jmagjer. ix rve de Varenne"--T.p. verso.
Reproductions of woodcuts or line drawings printed in red, orange, violet, and black, including 3 drawings by the author: St. Pierre Humanité, Père Ubu au Moulin, and the escutcheon design printed in black on half-title and stamped in gold on front wrapper.
Jarry's design for St. Pierre Humanité incorporates drawing and collaged elements that can be traced to a series of woodcuts used in 16th- and early 17th-century editions of the Prophetie of Joachim di Fiore (cf. Chapman and Edwards). See, e.g., PML 23177 or MA M.272.
Printer's mark, designed by Léon Bloy, on verso of 9th plate: Imprimé par C. Renavdie, 56, rve de Seine, 1er octobre 1895.
Il a été tiré CXCVII exemplaires svr carré uergé à la cvue et VII svr petit raisin Ingres de carnation et II svr chine--Facing t.p.
Library's copy on carré vergé à la cuve .
Title, author, imprint, and distributor transposed typographically in cryptograms.
"Se ve[n]d aussj a l'Jmagjer. ix rve de Varenne"--T.p. verso.
Reproductions of woodcuts or line drawings printed in red, orange, violet, and black, including 3 drawings by the author: St. Pierre Humanité, Père Ubu au Moulin, and the escutcheon design printed in black on half-title and stamped in gold on front wrapper.
Jarry's design for St. Pierre Humanité incorporates drawing and collaged elements that can be traced to a series of woodcuts used in 16th- and early 17th-century editions of the Prophetie of Joachim di Fiore (cf. Chapman and Edwards). See, e.g., PML 23177 or MA M.272.
Printer's mark, designed by Léon Bloy, on verso of 9th plate: Imprimé par C. Renavdie, 56, rve de Seine, 1er octobre 1895.
Il a été tiré CXCVII exemplaires svr carré uergé à la cvue et VII svr petit raisin Ingres de carnation et II svr chine--Facing t.p.
Library's copy on carré vergé à la cuve .
Description
[2] ℓ., 146 p., [3] p., 10 ℓ. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 15 cm
Provenance
André Breton's copy, with his bookplate designed by Salvador Dali; another ex libris with initials R.O. (Roderic O'Conor?).
Binding
Three quarter brown morocco by P. Affolter, with original black wrappers, decorated on front with Jarry's design, bound in.
Classification
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Department