BATAILLE, Georges. Les monnaies des grands mogols au cabinet des medailles. Paris: J. Florange, Editeur, (1927). Quarto, 32pp. + 3pp. illustrations. 10"h x 7 7/8"w. Offprint from the scholarly journal Arethuse (Nos. 13-14, October 1926-January 1927) of this early article on Mongolian coins, Bataille's second or third separately published piece, dating from just prior to the would-be numismatist 's metamorphosis into an oracle of erotic excess and sacrificial violence, antagonist to Andre Breton, defender of Nietzsche against the fascists, and all-around ecrivain maudite (L'anus solaire, published at the behest of Bataille's psychoanalyst, would also appear in 1927, illustrated by Andre Masson). This might be the last text in the voluminous Bataille corpus not to address his fundamental concerns -- though, according to Denis Hollier, the present work does hint at such in some digressions about Mongol sovereigns. Very near fine in printed green wraps. Exceedingly rare.

Rare Early Bataille

• Category: History - Culture - Art - Philosophy - Literature
• Keywords: French Literature · Modern Thought · surrealism
• Language: Francais
• Inventory number: 1845LB

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