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First edition. First edition. Inscribed to Lajos Kassák. Limited, numbered, one of 500 copies on "Rubel paper.". Green wrappers with collage of cork, faux leather, gold and silver paper on front panel. With the loosely inserted, scarce 8-page preface in French by Ribemont-Dessaignes, and an advertisement flyer in Russian for Iliazd's novel "Parijatchi.". 61 [3] p. An association copy of this scarce Iliazd volume, inscribed to Lajos Kassák, the leading figure of the Hungarian Avant-garde movement. First edition of this poem in Zaoum, Russian form of literary Dadaism, dedicated to the Russian painter Michel Ledentu, who died accidentally in 1917. Although a print run of 530 copies was announced, the cover collage was done by Naum Granovsky to order. Demand was much lower, and the unassembled copies of the edition were destroyed. Arriving in Paris in 1921, Ilia Zdanevitch met his friends Larionov and Gontcharova and quickly encountered writers and artists like Tzara and the Delaunays. Ledentu le Phare is the culmination of Zdanevitch's "Zaoum" research, from which he became known under the pseudonym Iliazd, a contraction of his name. In a preface by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Zaoum is defined as "a language of Russian appearance whose words and onomatopoeias are such that they allow the support of the meaning of several words of neighboring sounds." Lajos Kassák (1887-1967) was a Hungarian writer, poet, painter, and editor, widely considered the leading figure of the Hungarian Avant-garde movement. He was a pioneer in introducing modernist and avant-garde ideas to Hungary through his works and the literary magazine MA, which he founded and edited. Corners slightly bumped, spine very slightly worn at the head and tail. Inside in fine condition. The separately printed preface is artistically restored and in fine condition. Green wrappers with collage of cork, faux leather, gold and silver paper on front panel. With the loosely inserted, scarce 8-page preface in French by Ribemont-Dessaignes, and an advertisement flyer in Russian for Iliazd's novel "Parijatchi." First edition. First edition. Inscribed to Lajos Kassák. Limited, numbered, one of 500 copies on "Rubel paper.". Seller Inventory # 3309
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