Lot no. 231
VERLAINE Paul. Liturgies intimes. Paris, Bibliothèque du Saint-Graal, 1892; in-12, small in-4, [4]-31 pp. bradel almond green boards, printed cream cover. First edition sold by subscription to Emmanuel Signoret, decorated with a portrait of Verlaine by Louis Hayet, which the poet considered "very successful". He saw this work as the crowning achievement of his mystical work, which until then had been contained in Sagesse, Amour, Bonheur. Published by subscription to the Bibliothèque du Saint Graal, owned by Emmanuel Signoret, in an edition of just 375 copies.
One of 50 copies of the luxury edition reprinted in in-4 format, with the portrait printed on Japon (slight halo).
Autograph signed letter to the poet Francis Vielé-Griffin, "bien cordialement". Vielé-Griffin contributed to the 1910 volume Hommage à Verlaine - From the Serrigny literary library with bookplate.
Galantaris, no. 170.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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