DORCHAIN Auguste (1857-1930). Vers la Lumière, poems. Paris, Lemerre, 1894; in-12 reprinted in-8, paperback, dark green chagrin spine folder and slipcase (Patrice Goy). First edition. ☞ One of 10 copies printed on China paper at very wide margins. It bears a dispatch from the author to Louis and Jeanne Guinon "d'un coeur bien ami", referring to the poem on page 89. Louis Guinon was a doctor, and his wife Jeanne was the daughter of the publisher Alphonse Lemerre. Talvart and Place do not mention the large papers (IV, 277). Joint of the same: Œuvres. Paris, Lemerre, 1895; in-16, pinkish-brown half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed with Albert Lambert's name gilt on tail, gilt head. -First collective edition. ☞ Autograph letter from Dorchain "his friend and admirer" to Albert Lambert (1865-1941), an actor who made his debut at the Odéon and ended his career as dean of the Comédie française.