LUIGGI (Philippe). - Lot 195

LUIGGI (Philippe). La Fin des Temps. A transitional periodical. 1946. Issue 1. Paris, Librairie Denise Weil, [circa 1994]. Large quarto, paperback, printed cover. A bookstore catalog dedicated to literary, artistic, and Symbolist journals from the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. Published by Philippe Luiggi (Librairie Denise Weil), it takes its title from the famous journal *La Fin des Temps* (1946), whose first issue is featured on the cover. The bibliographic entries present a particularly carefully curated selection of rare journals and first editions, including *Le Centaure*, *Cosmopolis* (featuring the famous issue dedicated to Mallarmé), *Le Livre*, *Le Parnasse contemporain*, *La Parodie*, *La Renaissance littéraire et artistique*, *La Revue fantaisiste*, as well as numerous other essential publications of Symbolism, Decadentism, and the French avant-garde. Each entry is accompanied by a precise bibliographic description, historical information, and the market prices at the time. Like Philippe Luiggi’s other catalogs, this volume serves today as both a valuable bibliographic resource and a testament to the market for major French literary journals in the early 1990s. Condition: very good copy.