GUGLIELMI (Joseph) - ARMAN. Afrikan matricule. No place: Flammarion 4, [1998]. — Folio, 420 x 300: (2 ff.), 44 pp., (4 ff., the last 2 blank), unmarked cover. Loose-leaf, bound cover, in the publisher’s wooden slipcase. First edition of Joseph Guglielmi’s poem, reproduced as a facsimile of the poet’s autograph manuscript, illustrated with 26 original lithographs in the text, created by the painter and visual artist ARMAN (1928–2005). This volume opens the “Superstitions” collection, edited by Tita Reut and entirely devoted to Arman. Limited edition of 112 copies on ivory Rivoli paper, signed by the poet and the artist on the margin. This copy (No. 7) is one of the first 25 accompanied by an original drawing by Arman, signed and accompanied by a few handwritten verses by the poet. This drawing is presented here in the frame specially designed for displaying the gouaches during the book launch at the Nicaise bookstore on January 22, 1998. This copy is enhanced by: - an autographed letter from Arman to Claude Mozis, accompanied by an original drawing depicting a Fang statuette (Gabon), with the dedication: “For Claude Mozis // who lived so close to the FANGS. // Arman”; - the book’s press kit; - several invitation cards to the book launch; - a copy of the promotional brochure; - as well as an invitation to the exhibition “Arman. Out of Africa. Walker Evans. African Negro Art,” held at the Galerie Cueto (Paris) on March 17, 1999. Very well-preserved copy.