206 - Arthur RIMBAUD. Les Poètes de sept ans. Seven

Arthur RIMBAUD. Les Poètes de sept ans. Seven illustrations by Valentine Hugo. Paris, GLM, 1939. Folio, loose-leaf. First edition featuring Paul Éluard’s preface: “A Chance to Finally Examine the Poem.” Printed in an edition of 620 copies: one of the 550 on vellum (no. 494). The illustrations include seven full-page compositions by Valentine Hugo reproduced by phototype. Autographed dedication by the illustrator on the first blank leaf: copy for Henri Michaux / with my sincere feelings / of admiration and great sympathy / Valentine Hugo A few pinholes. (Coron, Les Éditions GLM, bibliography, no. 213.)