LEIRIS (Michel). - Lot 163

LEIRIS (Michel). Journal 1922–1989. Paris: Gallimard, [1992]. — In-8, 235 x 146: 954 pp., (3 leaves, the last one blank), 4 leaves of photographs, printed cover. Paperback, padded cover. 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 center of the book. This journal, kept almost without interruption by Michel Leiris, blends personal, ethnographic, and autobiographical reflections, including periods related 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. Very well-preserved copy.