9. # AR Michel HOUELLEBECQ (Born 1956) Le monde est de taille moyenne Paris, Les éditions du Solstice, 2017 Italian-style folio. Bradel, cardboard boards with cold-engraved title and beige cloth spine by Agoria Edited by Olivier Andreotti, under the direction of Jean-Claude Meyer, with the assistance of Aimery Langlois-Meurinne and Jean de Kervasdoué First edition, the title of which is based on a quotation from the novel Lanzarote published in 2000 Illustrated with 21 colour photographs, most with captions, and 6 poems by Michel Houellebecq The photographs were printed on Baryta paper by Franck Bordas and the text on Olin paper produced by Arjowiggins. Total edition of 140 copies signed by the artist, this one of 100 copies reserved for members of Éditions du Solstice (no. 98), signed by the author on the colophon. 31.1 x 41.7 cm Provenance Collection of a Parisian bibliophile