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Notes on Nicolas Blondeau's Latin-French erotic dictionary
Author
Author André BretonPeople cited Aristophane, Nicolas Blondeau, Alcide Bonneau, Denis Diderot, Farberg, Horace, L'Arétin, Jean de La Fontaine, La Mothe Le Vayer, de Marolles, Martial, Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, Noël, François Rabelais, Simon de Troyes, Trévoux, Sophie Volland
Description
Manuscript signed by André Breton, sd.
Intended for the catalogue of the International Exhibition of Surrealism (1959-1960), this note written by André Breton is devoted to the Latin-French erotic dictionary of Nicolas Blondeau, a work published under the cover of erudition at the end of the nineteenth century, and which takes on even more charm.
Manuscript signed by André Breton, sd.
Titled in ink by André Breton on the letterhead of the International Exhibition of Surrealism, two pages handwritten by Breton:
‘We tend to share the aversion of many people for these words that we are told are the language of love, and that smell bad and form on the paper like dirty stains. We readily agree with La Fontaine: ‘Love is naked, but not dirty’. [Sale Catalogue, 2003]
*This entry was translated from the French by Michael Richardson.
| Creation date | sd |
| Bibliographical material | 2 pages in-4° - Ms - blue ink |
| Languages | French |
| Library | |
| Number of pages | 2 p. |
| Reference | 1827000_9 et 10 |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 2475 |
| Keywords | Exhibitions, Work notes, Surrealism, Erotism |
| Categories | Archives, Andre Breton's Manuscripts |
| Set | [Exhibitions] 1959-1960, [E.R.O.S.] Exposition internationale du Surréalisme |
| Permanent link | https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100986920 |