Rimbaud, Arthur (Preface by Paul Claudel)
Oeuvres de Arthur Rimbaud : Vers Et Proses; Revues Sur Les Manuscrits Originaux Et Les Premières éditions Mises En Ordre Et Annotées Par Paterne Berrichon. Poémes Retrouvés
Paris, Mercure de France (and) Rene Kieffer, 1818. Limited edition of 350 copies this being No. 52. Hardcover. Newly bound into half grey cloth with light colored marbled paper-covered boards. 401 pp. 46 original color plates of watercolors by Aizik Adolphe Feder. Text is in French. Contents as follows: Préface / Paul Claudel -- Premiers vers -- Les déserts de l'amour -- Les illuminations -- Une saison en enfer -- Notes et références / Paterne Berrichon -- Appendice. The 45 color illustrations arew vibrant, clean and fresh. A delight to peruse. Separate title-page for the suite of watercolors is entitled "Suite d'aquarelles de Féder pour illustrer les oeuvres de Arthur Rimbaud" and is further ellucidaated as "Tirage à 350 exemplaires dont 50 sur Japon avec suite."/ Copy no. 52" I believe the publication itself is not limited to a small number of copies since it has a number 4729 stamped under a statement of 25 copies on Japon. However, the suite of watercolors is limited and is bound into the book, and the original paper-binding spine is bound-in at the rear, unused. The Preface is dated 1912, the book appear later than that by appx. 15-20 years, but there is no publication date provided from either title-page. OCLC provides the most similar printed copy with a date of 1918. VG+ in new binding. Manuscript sheet tipped-in at the front, written in French.

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