Description

Set of 3 FIRST EDITIONS IN LARGE PAPER, symbolist collections by Jean Moréas.

The Cantilenes
Paris: Léon Vanier, 1886
In-12 (126 x 192 mm) 147 pp, paperback. Upper edge split at head, small loss at head of spine, trace of blue ink on upper cover.

One of 12 copies on Hollande paper (this one no. 1).The only large paper copy.
Moréas' second collection, published the same year as his seminal article " Symbolism "(literary supplement to Figaro).

Vicar V, 1130

Le Pélerin Passionné
Paris: Léon Vanier, 1891
In-12 (118 x 187 mm), [2] ff, V pp, 129 pp, [1] f. paperback with dust jacket with flaps

One of 12 copies on JaponThe only large paper copy.
This collection marks a first move away from symbolism, which was further confirmed by the revised edition published 2 years later by the same publisher.

Vicar V, 1131

Gone with the Wind
Paris: Léon Vanier, 1893
In-12 (189 x 123 mm) , 52 pp. with split head and tail at top edge, small paper tears at spine and margin of top edge, spine and edges of covers sunned.

First separate edition of these poems from the Pélerin Passionné ; they will be removed from the recast edition.
Copy on Hollande. Edition not specified.

Vicar V, 1132