Raymond Roussel (1877-1933)
Locus Solus
Paris : Librairie Alphonse Lemerre, 1914
12mo (19 × 12.3 cm), brown half-maroquin with corners, spine with raised bands, gilt title, top edge gilt, matching slipcase.
Binding by Henri Duhayon.
First edition, one of the rare copies on Japon paper.
Autograph from Raymond Roussel to Henri Cain.
Locus Solus was as unsuccessful as the author's previous books (La Doublure, La Vue and Impressions d'Afrique). If the relentlessness of the critics earned Raymond Roussel a scandalous fame, it is thanks to the recognition of the surrealists that he found his place for posterity.
Provenance : Henri Cain (sending).
