VERLAINE (P.). COMPLETE POEMS. P., Messein, 1914-26. Eighteen in-8 paperback volumes in 4 hand-crafted slipcases. Some volumes unstuck, rare foxing. A BEAUTIFUL AND IMPORTANT PUBLICATION of this edition of Paul Verlaine's poetry, produced over 12 years, with each volume illustrated in color by a different artist: H. Bouché-Leclercq, Paul Guignebault, Robert Bonfils, Ch. Picart le Doux, R. Drouart, Maurice Guy-Loé, Alfred Le Petit, Quint, Th. Hummel, Léon Voguet, Pierre Peltiet, G. Assire, Daniel Girard, Paul Baudier, André Cahard, Gaston Nick, Alexandre Barte, Maurice Tellier. Limited edition of 550 copies. ONE of 500 numbered on vellum. A PORTRAIT of the poet on a free endpaper. RARE COMPLETE of all 18 VOLUMES.

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