SAMAIN Albert (1858-1900). Aux flancs du vase. Paris, Mercure de France, 1898; in-8, midnight blue jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, navy blue morocco inner frame with criss-crossing gilt fillets, navy blue moire lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover printed in red (Chambolle-Duru). First edition of Samain's second collection of poetry. ☞ One of 30 copies on Hollande alone large paper with 9 Japon. Ex-libris of Bourg de Bozas Chaix d'Est-Ange. Attached, flying, a caricature of Samain by himself cane in hand, reproduced on China paper. - A splendid copy. 📖 Cat. du marquis Emmanuel du Bourg de Bozas, II, 1991, n° 442.