Les maudits de la littérature mondiale. 12 volumes

Les Maudits De La Litterature Mondiale  en douze volumes. Kalmthout, Anvers: Walter Beckers, 1970. Hardcover, 22,5 x 24,8 cm. 

An exclusive edition of twelve volumes by a diversity of male more or less modern authors and philosophers classified by the publisher as 'cursed', an epithet inspired by a vague orientalist citation printed at the front of each volume. 

Purple-dyed cloth case wrap with a silk-screened and gold foil-stamped motif, based a, printed on Alpha mousse de France, a paper specially set aside by the Papeteries.  

Binding and vignettes designed by Yves Allinsky, inspired by a Kashan carpet, originating from the nomadic tribes of Central Asia. Lay-out and artistic direction by Walter Beckers. The typography is in Médiaeval classico, 10 points. The orientalist citation and motto that inspired the series title on pages 6 and 7 is composed in "Marcus Aurelius", an exclusive creation of Editions Beckers.

All volumes wrapped in PVC/mica.  Volume # has a part of its mica wrapper missing on the backside. For the rest, a really clean, nicely aged, firm set of books. The series is a modest extravaganza for lovers of 'calme, luxe et volupté' who love to read Nietzsche, Strindberg, Hoffmann & the likes in French. Will look good in any bohemian chic loft space, stacked near your chaise-longue.