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RIMBAUD (Arthur). *Les Stupra*, sonnets. Paris, Privately pr…
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74
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RIMBAUD (Arthur). *Les Stupra*, sonnets. Paris, Privately pr…
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
RIMBAUD (Arthur). *Les Stupra*, sonnets. Paris, Privately printed [Albert Messein], 1871 [1923]. An 8vo booklet of 10 folios, Jansenist fawn morocco, decorated spine, wide inner border of fawn morocco set with five gilt fillets, blue moiré endpapers and linings, gilt head, untrimmed, cover, slipcase (G. Dubois d’Enghien). First edition of Rimbaud’s ‘three obscene sonnets’, including the famous ‘Sonnet du trou du cul’. Reconstructed by Verlaine and Delahaye in 1883, they were not printed until 1923 in the Surrealist journal *Littérature* and in this booklet, published under the fictitious date of 1871 in a limited edition of just 175 numbered copies.
One of the 150 copies on laid paper.
From the library of Xavier de Planhol, with bookplate.
The lower edge of each leaf is slightly trimmed but undamaged; the slipcase is very slightly scuffed.
Pia, 1375 – Monda & Montel, 72–74 – Galantaris, no. 299.
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About the sale
First editions from the 19th to the 21st century
Auction location
Auction time
09/16/2026 at 2:00 PM
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