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CORBIÈRE (Tristan). Les Amours jaunes.
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CORBIÈRE (Tristan). Les Amours jaunes.
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Lot no. 72
CORBIÈRE (Tristan).
Les Amours jaunes.
Paris: Librairie du XIXe siècle, Glady frères, 1873. - In-12, 184 x 121 : frontispiece, (4 ff.), 345 pp., (1 f.), printed cover. Lemon half morocco, spine ribbed, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved (early 20th century binding).
In French in the text, 298.
Sought-after first edition of the only collection of poems by Tristan Corbière (1845-1875), published on a self-publishing basis and comprising almost all of his work.
Discovered by Verlaine, Corbière lived a brief life in Brittany, marked by tuberculosis, single, childless and unemployed. He is one of the so-called "poètes maudits". His book is dedicated to his father, Édouard Corbière, the famous author of maritime novels.
There were 490 copies of this edition, illustrated with an etched self-portrait on the frontispiece.
One of 481 copies on Hollande, well bound.
Spine slightly darker.
Also by the same author:
- Les Amours jaunes. Preface by Charles Le Goffic. Paris: Albert Messein, 1912. - In-12, lemon half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (G. Huser).
New edition, illustrated with a photographic frontispiece portrait of the author and a reproduction of the original etching.
One of 10 copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper edition.
A fine copy bound by Huser.
Title and edge of page V browned.
Provenance: Ex-libris RH.
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