Piccolo Sillabario Illustrato by Italo Calvino
Extremely rare work by Italo Calvino published in an edition of just 150 by the Bibliotheque Oulipienne in 1978. Many of the known copies are in institutional collections, including the Bienecke Library at Yale and the Sorbonne, Paris. The book is a work of experimental writing in the classic Oulipo tradition, who used constrained writing techniques based on mathematics to produce a new type of literature. Contains an introduction in French by George Perec, with Calvino’s text appearing in Italian. 25pp. In remarkably Fine condition, and including a slip of paper listing the other publications of the Bibliotheque Oulipienne.
Extremely rare work by Italo Calvino published in an edition of just 150 by the Bibliotheque Oulipienne in 1978. Many of the known copies are in institutional collections, including the Bienecke Library at Yale and the Sorbonne, Paris. The book is a work of experimental writing in the classic Oulipo tradition, who used constrained writing techniques based on mathematics to produce a new type of literature. Contains an introduction in French by George Perec, with Calvino’s text appearing in Italian. 25pp. In remarkably Fine condition, and including a slip of paper listing the other publications of the Bibliotheque Oulipienne.
Extremely rare work by Italo Calvino published in an edition of just 150 by the Bibliotheque Oulipienne in 1978. Many of the known copies are in institutional collections, including the Bienecke Library at Yale and the Sorbonne, Paris. The book is a work of experimental writing in the classic Oulipo tradition, who used constrained writing techniques based on mathematics to produce a new type of literature. Contains an introduction in French by George Perec, with Calvino’s text appearing in Italian. 25pp. In remarkably Fine condition, and including a slip of paper listing the other publications of the Bibliotheque Oulipienne.