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an open book with a drawing of a woman sitting on a bencha yellow leather bound book with a gold binding
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1270 - Rops, Félicien
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Rops, Félicien Mallarmé, Stéphane Les Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé. Brussels. With an etching by Félicien Rops. Brussels, Edmond Deman, 20 February 1899. Hand-bound lemon-yellow morocco binding with gilt title on the spine. Inner edges with rich gilt decoration comprising multiple gold-embossed fillets. Signed: Gruel. In a lined slipcase. (Spine slightly discoloured, slight rubbing). Exsteens 526. – Mascha 894. – Talvart/Place XIII, 120, 5 B. – Partially first edition. In 1888, Mallarmé considered publishing *Poesies* in a second edition. However, his many reservations delayed the project, which only came to fruition after his death. The final edition of *Poesies* was published by the poet himself. It contains fifteen unpublished and revised pieces, as well as a bibliography of the author’s publications, which he compiled himself. The edition, which had been planned since 1891, was not printed until several months after Mallarmé’s death due to his delays. It was prepared by the poet based on the texts of the 1887 photolithographic edition and contains his final revisions and fourteen new pieces. Printed in italics, in red and black, and adorned with a remarkable frontispiece by Félicien Rops entitled ‘La Grande Lyre’, this edition was a work of art in its own right. The zinc etching in the 6th (Exsteens) or 10th (Mascha) state, without the remarques, signed on the left-hand side of the plate and bearing the inscription ‘Ad Astra’. – In good condition. With an etching by Félicien Rops. Hand-bound lemon-yellow morocco binding with gilt title. Inside edges with rich doublure of multiple gold-stamped fillets. Signed: Gruel. (spine minimally discoloured, minimally rubbed). In a lined slipcase. Partly first edition. Mallarmé considered publishing the *Poesies* in a second edition in 1888. However, his many reservations delayed its publication, which only took place after his death. The final edition of the *Poesies* was published by the poet himself. It includes fifteen unpublished and revised pieces, as well as a bibliography of the author’s publications, which he compiled himself. The edition, which had been planned since 1891, was not printed until several months after his death due to Mallarmé’s delays. It was prepared by the poet using the texts from the photolithographed edition of 1887 and contains his final revisions and fourteen new pieces. Printed in italics, in red and black, and adorned with a remarkable frontispiece by Félicien Rops entitled ‘La Grande Lyre’, this edition was a work of art in its own right. The zinc etching is in the 6th (Exsteens) and 10th (Mascha) states respectively, without the remarques, and is signed and inscribed ‘Ad Astra’ on the plate on the left. – Well preserved.
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