TOM TIT [= Arthur GOOD]
La Science Amusante - 100 Expériences. - [First edition].
Paris, Librairie Larousse, [1890]. 21 x 15 cm. 248,[8] pp. Original decorated cloth. lllustrated in b/w. - First edition of this popular 'Amusing Science' by French author, caracaturist and engineer Arthur Good (1853-1928) illustrated by Louis Poyet (1846-1913) also described as surrealist collages, and were an inspiration for surrealist artists such as Max Ernst and Joseph Cornell. - 'Much of the mysterious surrealistic charm of these engravings is due to Good's imaginative design of his improvised scientific apparatus (often combining bottles, eggs, wine glasses, corks, wire, candles, soap, pen nibs, walnut shells, pins, paper, and other common items into bizarr--looking constructions) and its careful rendition by Poyet and his associates.' - [See: Eric Edelman. The Collaged World of Tom Tit] - Some [very] light edgewear; book ticket and ex libris on upper pastedown, else a good copy
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