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Pre-original by Mallarme: A throw of the dice will never abolish chance.

COSMOPOLIS Revue Internationale

1896160 x 243 mm

ORIGINAL EDITION and FULL COLLECTION
of the most important international literary magazine of the late nineteenth century.

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ORIGINAL EDITION and FULL COLLECTION of the most important international literary magazine of the late nineteenth century.

Founded by Fernand Ortman and published in Paris, Berlin, Vienna and St Petersburg, Cosmopolis became famous thanks to the issue of 3 March 1897 containing Mallarme's pre-original, A throw of the dice will never abolish chance.

 

In its two years of existence and 35 issues, the magazine attracted some of the greatest writers of the day (Ivan Tourgueniev, Proudhon, Moréas, George Sand, Anatole France, Pierre de Coubertin, Jean Jaurès...) and published for the first time some important texts, including An Outpost of Progress by Conrad, Joseph, The Figure in the Carpet and John Delavoy by Henry James, Slaves of the Lamp by Rudyard Kipling, The wooden star by Marcel Schwob, The wall opposite and, above all, Robert-Louis Stevenson's unfinished masterpiece, Weir of Hermiston.

A FINE COPY IN ITS PUBLISHER'S HARDBACKGerman R of the time made by the workshops of Martin Lehmann and complete with title pages and tables provided by the publisher for this meeting.

THIS COMPLETE COLLECTION IS EXTREMELY RARE.

Paris, Berlin, Vienna,Armand Colin,Rosenbaum & Hart/Hartleben,1896-1898.12 Bound,160 x 243 mm,

35 issues bound in 12 volumes, publisher's hardback.

Bio

Joseph Conrad

Teodor Józef Konrad Korzeniowski herb. Nałęcz

(born on 3 December 1857 in Berditchev - Ukraine - Russian Empire and died on 3 August 1924 in Bishopsbourne - Kent - England )

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Henry James

(Born April 15, 1843 in New York City and died February 28, 1916 in Chelsea)

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Stéphane Mallarmé

Étienne Mallarmé, known as Stéphane Mallarmé (born in Paris on 18 March 1842 and died on 9 September 1898, in Valvins - commune of Vulaines-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne)

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Marcel Schwob

(born on 23 August 1867 in Chaville- Seine-et-Oise and died in Paris on 26 February 1905)

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Robert Louis Stevenson

(Born 13 November 1850 in Edinburgh and died 3 December 1894 in Vailima - Samoa)

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