Paul Verlaines work Parallèlement with 15 original etchings by the Austrian artist Mariette Lydis. This exemplar with fabulous etchings is numbered with 379. Published in Paris by Georges Guillot, 1949.
AUTHOR:
Paul-Marie Verlaine (1844 - 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.
ETCHINGS:
Mariette Lydis (1890 - 1970), Austrian painter and drawer, especially while her time in Paris she illustrated books by famous writers.
PUBLISHER:
Georges Guillot, Paris, 1949 A.D.
DESCRIPTION:
Poetry book Parallèlement of the French poet Paul-Marie Verlaine with 15 original etchings by the artist Mariette Lydis. This edition is numbered with 379, the etchings in this work are in the first state, only 200 exemplares exist with this condition. The title is printed in redbrown, grey and black, beautiful exemplar from the collection of Stig Wilson.
BINDING:
half-maroquin-leather binding of the time
gilt-stamped title on spine
SIZE:
about h 33.5 cm x w 26.0 cm x d 2.5 cm
ILLUSTRATION:
- 15 original etchings in the first state
- exlibris "Stig Wilton"
COLLATION:
- 2 blank leaves
- 1 pre-title
- 3 blank leaves
- 1 pre-title
- 1 frontispiece
- 1 title leaf
- 53 leaves text and 14 etchings (numbered pages 1-106)
- 1 leaf number of the exemplar
- 5 blank leaves
The work is complete !
CONDITION:
- very good condition
BINDING:
- very good condition
- slightly rubbed
PAPER:
- very good paper quality
- margins slightly browned
