Svedocanstva. Knizevni casopis izdali Desetodnevo

Belgrade: Izdali Desetodnevo, 1924 Quarto 24x17 cm., wrappers, Numbers 1-8 (all published); illustrated. A surrealist literary journal. The title is roughly equivalent to the French témoignage, a loaded surrealist term for testimony. Svedocanstva emerged as the first surrealist journal in Yugoslavia, and stands with the single-issue Nemoguce (L'Impossible) as the chief outlet and documentary source for surrealist activity in the Balkans. Contributors include Yugoslav authors Marko Ristic, Milan Dedinac, Alksandar Vuco, Mladen Dimitrevic;, Milovoje Stepanovic;, Milan Dedinac, Tin Ujevic, in addition to editors Matic, Vuco and Petrovic; some exchanges with French surrealists Breton, Henri Nouveau inter alia, illustrations by Surrealist artists including Picasso which he contributed specifically for this journal. Issue no. 1 from November 1924 with the article Nadrealizam is considered the starting point of Serbian surrealism. This number also include Breton's first Manifesto and the first news about the founding of the Bureau of Surrealist Research (Centrale surréaliste) ten days earlier than it was published in the first number of La revolution surréaliste on December 1 1924. The rear cover of the final issue has a drawing by Picasso. Svedocanstva was published once every ten days; each number was devoted to different topics. It was distributed in Yugoslavian major cities, in Paris and Frankfurt. OCLC finds four complete sets in North American libraries and four partial holdings. This set very fine; six numbers are with uncut signatures.