Description
FIRST EDITION.
ONE OF 5 COPIES ON WHATMAN PAPER after 30 copies on Hollande paper and 10 copies on China paper.
THE AUTHOR'S COPY Whatman watermarked and initialled by the publisher :
"Copy of the author. A.L."
Leconte de Lisle's third collection, consisting of twenty pieces, Tragic Poems was also the last poetic work to appear during the author's lifetime, after Poèmes antiques (1854) and Poèmes barbares (1862); posthumous editions followed, Last Poems (1895) and First Poems (1902).
A fine copy with no foxing.
Paris,Alphonse Lemerre,1884.In-4, Bound,160 x 255 mm,326 pp.
Modern Bradel binding, full red cloth. Smooth spine, black title page, gilt title, gilt fleuron. Cover not preserved.
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