Who said "Everything in the world exists in order to end in a book."?

This quote is attributed to Stéphane Mallarmé.

Everything in the world exists in order to end in a book. - Stéphane Mallarmé

"Everything in the world exists in order to end in a book."

Stéphane Mallarmé Art

Poet French 1842–1898

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