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299 - VERLAINE (Paul). My Hospitals. An exceptional copy on large …
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VERLAINE (Paul). My Hospitals. An exceptional copy on large paper, enriched with two original watercolours by Frédéric-Auguste. Cazals, an intimate witness to the poet's years of suffering. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1891. In-8 (19 x 13 cm). Bound in bradel red half-percaline, smooth spine decorated with gilt irons and gilt title-piece. Covers preserved. 74pp, 1f. In very good condition. First edition. One of only a few copies on Hollande laid paper, not numbered. Adorned with a bistre portrait of Paul Verlaine by F.A. Cazals dated 1890 & accompanied by an autograph facsimile of a verse by Verlaine. An exceptional copy with TWO ORIGINAL AQUARELLES by F.A. CAZALS executed on the recto and verso of the same folio, signed with the artist's monogram. The first is "Paul Verlaine à l'Hôpital Brou[ssais]" in a superb Art Nouveau frame; the second is a full-length portrait of Verlaine depicted from the front, holding a cane in his right hand. Frédéric-Auguste Cazals (1865-1941) probably met Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) for the first time in April 1886 at the Hôtel du Midi. A draughtsman, journalist and songwriter in turn, he published his first literary portraits in Le Décadent on 9 May 1886 on the advice of the poet, who very quickly paid particular attention to his youngest son. Their friendship ended in June 1890 with a break-up at Esther's request. They reconciled in January 1891. After working as a journalist at Le Cri du peuple, Cazals founded Paris-Littéraire in 1889, while also working as a songwriter at Le Procope and Le Soleil d'Or. Soleil d'Or. In 1896, he published his Iconographie sur Verlaine. Verlaine dedicated many poems to him. "From 1886 onwards, Verlaine made frequent visits to Paris hospitals, Tenon, Broussais, Cochin, L'Asile des convalescents He was treated for old arthritis, brought on by alcohol abuse and traces of a venereal disease. During During his enforced convalescence, the poet continued to work and even entertained his friends. His discomforts inspired this short prose text which he probably used as an outlet and which was published by Léon Vanier, his regular editor: "One gets used to this monastic life, without any hardship. to this monastic life, without, alas, prayer and the rule followed for its own sake. The bed penetrates you. You live there completely. ( Sale 2011) A perfectly fresh copy. Provenance: bookplate of D. Zierer, a bibliophile whose library of mainly illustrated books was dispersed in 1960.
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Auction time 06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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