Manifeste du Futurisme (The 1st French Edition of "The Futurist Manifesto")

F.T. Marinetti

Publication Date: 1909

About this Item

The uncommon February 1909 1st French edition of F.T., Marinetti's seminal art statement, "The Futurist Maifesto". "Marinetti wrote the manifesto in the autumn of 1908 and it first appeared as a preface to a volume of his poems, published in Milan in January 1909. It was soon after published in the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dell'Emilia in Bologna on February 5th, 1909 and then in French as "Manifeste du Futurisme" in the newspaper Le Figaro on February 20th, 1909". In other words, this, the French edition, is only the 3rd appearance of the Manifesto and the first to appear in a language other than Italian. Marnetti followed these first 3 appearances with his Poesia, a magazine that focused its April 1909 issue on the Manifesto, where the Italian and French versions were reprinted together with the English version (appearing for the first time). This, the 1st French edition, has held up nicely. A single quarto sheet, folded in half and constituting 4 separate pages. Several tiny tears along the fore-edges, just a touch of mild darkening along the edges. Fragile and brittle to be sure, nicely protected in a stiff mylar sleeve and very presentable.

Seller Inventory # 20656

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Manifeste du Futurisme (The 1st French Edition of "The Futurist Manifesto")
• Publication Date: 1909
• Binding: Newspaper
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good +
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  • Art