Lot no. 240
VERLAINE Paul (1844-1896). Poésies religieuses. Preface by J. -K. Huysmans. Paris Léon Vanier, Messein successeur, 1904; in-12, midnight blue half-chagrin, slightly faded spine. First edition of this selection made by Huysmans and prefaced at length by him of poems taken from Sagesse, Amour, Bonheur, Liturgies intimes and Œuvres posthumes. ☞ Enriched copy with a handwritten ex-dono from Huysmans to his confessor Abbé Broussolle (1861-1943), "souvenir de l'ami". 📖 Galantaris, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Mallarmé, n° 235.
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