164 - Henri MICHAUX. *Aventures de lignes*. No place or date [Geneva and Paris, 1954]. Bifolium in-4, soft case in a cardboard slipcase by S. Evrard.

Henri MICHAUX. *Aventures de lignes*. No place or date [Geneva and Paris, 1954]. Bifolium in-4, soft case in a cardboard slipcase by S. Evrard. First edition. Offprint (paginated 5–8) of the foreword to Will Grohmann’s *Paul Klee*, published in 1954: only 20 copies are said to have been printed. The book was published by Éditions des Trois Collines in Geneva and Librairie Flinker in Paris. “The bookseller, publisher, and gallery owner Karl Flinker (1923–1991) was quite close to Michaux. […] His gallery on Rue de Tournon was, from the 1950s until his death, one of the most discreet and inventive in Paris. In 1959, he published *Paix dans les brisements*, followed by *Vents et Poussières*” (Michaux, *Œuvres complètes II*, Pléiade, p. 1191). Autographed copy signed at the top, beneath the title: Aventures de Lignes trajets de lignes in homage to Madame Jacques Teynier, with fond memories from H. Michaux Pronounced horizontal fold mark. (Imbert, no. 183.)