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André MARTEL. *La Djingine du Théophélès* with Jean Dubuffet’s “Corps de dames.” Saint-Maurice d’Etelan, L’Air du Temps [Pierre Bettencourt], 1954. Square in-12 format, paperback, cloth-bound cover, slipcase, marbled paper case. First edition: illustrated with 13 photolithographs by Jean Dubuffet, printed separately from the text. Written in “langue paralloïdre,” a jargon invented by Jean Dubuffet’s secretary, André Martel (1893–1976), the work was printed by Pierre Bettencourt. (J. Dubuffet, *Prospectus et tous écrits suivants II*, pp. 74–75.- Dubos, *Les Désordres de la mémoire*, 1998, pp. 110–111.) A single print run of 75 copies on Arches paper (No. 59). A long, autograph-signed letter to Marcel Béalu: This twelfth-day Monday of / last month, in the Vinchênes of / Lutetia / To Marciel / du Bel Allus, / as attested by this admirantine / this dansadam djinginesque / André Martel / known as the Martélandre / papafol of the Paralloïdre A poet and companion of the Surrealists, Marcel Béalu (1908–1993) was also the founder of the bookstore Le Pont traversé.
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