ROUSSEL (Raymond). New Impressions of Africa, followed by The Soul of Victor Hugo. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1932 [1933]. — In-18, 187 x 138: (2 ff.), 313 pp., (3 ff., last page blank), printed cover. Paperback, padded cover Second edition, printed in 1933. *New Impressions of Africa* is the last work published by Raymond Roussel (1877–1933), and one of the most enigmatic and daring texts in French literature. This long poem of 1,274 alexandrines, divided into four cantos, appears to take place in Egypt, between Saint Louis’s captivity in Damietta and the Battle of the Pyramids. Yet this narrative framework is merely a pretext: Roussel constructs a verbal labyrinth in which every element—place, action, description—eludes immediate understanding. A fifth part, titled *L’Âme de Victor Hugo*, concludes the work. It consists of a series of quatrains, a sort of poetic meditation that echoes the rest of the work. The edition is illustrated with 59 full-page black-and-white compositions by Henri-Achille Zo (1873–1933), created based on the author’s instructions but which are quite removed from the text. A copy on Japanese paper, complete with the 16-page booklet titled *La Critique et Raymond Roussel*, bound at the top, before the title page. Most pages are uncut. The quires are misaligned.