Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Verlaine, Paul. Chair. (dernières poésies).

With a frontispiece by Félicien Rops. 42, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemp. cloth with gilt spine title. – Paris, Bibliothèque artistique & littéraire, 1896.

First edition. One of 1000 copies on Papier vélin from a total edition of 1012. Collection of late poems by Paul Verlaine (1844–1896), which investigate themes such as love, sensuality and desire. With the bookplate of George Wyndham (1863–1913), British politician and intellectual, on first pastedown. – Vicaire VII, 1000. – Boards with signs of wear. Foxing on endpapers. Paper browned. – Best.-Nr. 26897