Les Déliquescences d'Adoré Floupette.

(Symbolism.) VICAIRE (Gabriel) & Henri Beauclair.

Les Déliquescences d'Adoré Floupette.

Poèmes Décadents.

Description: 475/615 COPIES on Arches paper (from an edition of 635 copies), title-page printed in red and black, wood-engraved decorations by P.-E. Vibert, pp. 82, 12mo, original printed grey wrappers, slight spine lean with a touch of chipping at backstrip ends, protective tissue jacket, very good

Publication Details: Paris: Georges Crès et cie, 'Les Maitres du Livre,' 1911

Notes: A parody of the Decadents and Symbolists then in vogue, aping what its authors regarded as the worst of their obscurantist extravagances. This is the third edition of the work, and includes Vicaire's excellent 'Vie d'Adoré Floupette', written as 'Marius Tapora, Pharmacien de 2e classe' - present from the second edition of the work, it adds another meticulous layer to the fabrication, though the identity of the true authors was more-or-less known by the time the first edition had been published. David Brooks, in his 'Sons of Clovis' (2011), identifies this work as the inspiration for the Ern ...moreA parody of the Decadents and Symbolists then in vogue, aping what its authors regarded as the worst of their obscurantist extravagances. This is the third edition of the work, and includes Vicaire's excellent 'Vie d'Adoré Floupette', written as 'Marius Tapora, Pharmacien de 2e classe' - present from the second edition of the work, it adds another meticulous layer to the fabrication, though the identity of the true authors was more-or-less known by the time the first edition had been published. David Brooks, in his 'Sons of Clovis' (2011), identifies this work as the inspiration for the Ern Malley hoax perpetrated by Harold Stewart and James McAuley on the Australian literary scene of the 1940s. HIDE

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Price: £60

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1911

Stock Number: 62350

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