Les Déliquescences d'Adoré Floupette.

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

Les Déliquescences d'Adoré Floupette.

Poèmes Décadents.

Description: SECOND EDITION, pp. 78, [1], 12mo, later quarter tan cloth and marbled boards, the original wrappers bound in, backstrip with red leather label lettered in gilt, good

Publication Details: Byzance [Paris]: Lion Vanné [Léon Vanier,] 1885

Notes: Scarce. A parody of the Decadents and Symbolists then in vogue, aping what its authors regarded as the worst of their obscurantist extravagances. This second edition, following only a matter of weeks after the first, includes Vicaire's excellent 'Vie d'Adoré Floupette', written as 'Marius Tapora, Pharmacien de 2e classe', which 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 ...moreScarce. A parody of the Decadents and Symbolists then in vogue, aping what its authors regarded as the worst of their obscurantist extravagances. This second edition, following only a matter of weeks after the first, includes Vicaire's excellent 'Vie d'Adoré Floupette', written as 'Marius Tapora, Pharmacien de 2e classe', which 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: £200

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1885

Stock Number: 66990

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