(Corti) BOREL, Pétrus. MARIE. Aristide: Pétrus Borel, the Lycanthrope. His life and work followed by a bibliography (Volume 1). Rhapsodies (Volume 2). Champavert, Contes immoraux (Tome 3).Paris : Éditions de la Force française, Collection Les romantiques, 1922. 3 volumes in-8° paperback with illustrated covers. Great witnesses preserved. Partly first edition for the biography of Petrus Borel by Aristide Marie and various poems of Petrus Borel appearing after Rhapsodies. Edition established and annotated by Aristide Marie, stopped at the third volume; it was to include also Madame Putiphar and other texts. Illustrated with engraved compositions by André Hofer. Printed at 505 numbered copies. 1 of 75 on Hollande.VERY GOOD EXAMPLE.

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