I’ve previously mentioned that parts of Georges Bataille’s library are for sale – story here. The catalogue is on sale as a book La bibliothèque de Georges Bataille – and available to download as a pdf here; with the full inventaire here.

I decided to get one book from the collection – Henri Lefebvre’s 1955 book on the dramatist Alfred de Musset, with a handwritten dedication. The pages are uncut, so Bataille didn’t read it. I still think it’s a tragedy that this library has not been preserved intact, especially as other volumes have been read and marked by Bataille, but it’s nice to have a little piece of the history.