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Author's copy

Poèmes tragiques

1884255 x 155 mm

FIRST EDITION.
ONE OF THE HEAD EXEMPLIES ON WHATMAN, limited edition of 5 copies.

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FIRST EDITION.

ONE OF THE FIRST COPIES ON WHATMANLimited edition of 5 copies, the author's copy with Whatman watermark and bearing this autograph note signed by Alphonse Lemerre, the publisher:

"Author's copy AL".

A charming copy bound in full red percaline by Paul Vié.

Paris,Alphonse Lemerre,1884.In-8, Bound,255 x 155 mm,326 pp. [1 f].

Bound in contemporary Bradel style by Paul Vié. Full red percaline, smooth spine decorated with a fleuron.
and fillets, title page, gilt title, covers and spine not preserved.

Bio

Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle

(born October 22, 1818 in Saint-Paul on Reunion Island 1 and died July 17, 1894 in Voisins - Yvelines)

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