265 - VERLAINE, Paul. VAN TEYNE.

VERLAINE, Paul. VAN TEYNE. Fifteen Days in Holland. The Hague, Maison Blok; Paris, Leon Vanier, (1893). Square 8vo (23 x 17.5 cm), (5)-108-(1) pp., portrait, watercolors. Contemporary bronze-green morocco, ribbed spine, author’s name and title in gold, large leather inlays incised and dyed by Van Teyne, depicting a view of a Dutch harbor and lilies (on the reverse), on the covers; garnet tabis lining on the endpapers and half-ends; morocco binding framed with dots and multiple gilt fillets and fleurons in the spandrels; gilt edges; cover and spine preserved; in a marbled slipcase [Canape, R. D.] (spine faded, interior in very fresh condition). Description: First edition, signed by Verlaine on the half-title page. Limited edition, first copy on Japanese paper, numbered and signed No. 36 of 50. A travel journal documenting Verlaine’s trip to Holland in 1892, where he was invited by artist friends to give lectures on Symbolism, the Roman School, and his life as an artist. Frontispiece portrait of Verlaine by Philippe Zilcken, who hosted the poet during his trip, engraved on copper by Felsing and signed in pencil by the artist. Collection containing three unpublished poems by Verlaine: “To Mlle Renée Zilcken,” “To My Friends Over There,” and “Rotterdam.” An exceptional copy enriched with 25 original watercolors painted within the text and signed or initialed by Anton Van Teyne: landscapes of the Netherlands, windmills, sailboats, harbors and ships, canals of The Hague, monuments, peasant women, and fishermen in traditional dress... At the end of the volume, a handwritten list of the illustrations, adorned with two additional watercolors. Bound in an elegant Canape morocco leather, dated 1902 and adorned on the covers with two pieces of incised leather by Anton Van Teyne.