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165 - Henri MICHAUX. *Misérable Miracle* (*La Mescaline*). With 48 engravings by the author, printed separately from the text. Monaco,
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Henri MICHAUX. *Misérable Miracle* (*La Mescaline*). With 48 engravings by the author, printed separately from the text. Monaco, Éditions du Rocher, 1956. In-4 mounted on tabs, bound in Japanese paper dyed in various shades with cold-stamped borders, linings of the same material, Parma suede endpapers, untrimmed, old rose suede slipcase (F. Rousseau). First edition. It is illustrated with 48 out-of-text reproductions of “mescaline” drawings. (Imbert, no. 190.) One of the 10 special copies printed on Madagascar paper, this one not for general sale (no. H.C. II). A copy belonging to Francine Weisweiller, patron and friend of Jean Cocteau. She co-owned Éditions du Rocher with her brother Gérard Worms.
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Henri Michaux, the Sven Pitseys CollectionAuction house
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