Description

Extremely rare faulty version of this separate edition of Palmprinted in Maastricht during the war.
ONE OF 10 COPIES RESERVED FOR THE AUTHOR, from a total edition of 24 copies.

According to Karaïskakis and Chapon, the history of this edition can be traced back to the correspondence between r. de A.A.M. Stols and Paul Valéry. During the Occupation (in 1941, it seems), Stols, having been unable to communicate with P. Valéry, took it upon himself to produce, with the permission of Insel Verlag in Leipzig, two editions of Palm One with Rilke's translation (50 copies) and the other with the French text only, limited to 24 copies.

On 15 January 1944, Stols, on learning that Valéry was still living in Paris, and not in Nice as he had thought, sent him copies of his edition of Palm. The poet had to point out to him, in a card dated 7 March, the oddity of the epigraph - which does not exist in the original edition - and a typo in the fifth stanza: "...". But she doesn't know "for While she ignores herself ". On 18 March, the publisher wrote to express his regret at these errors. He asked that the booklets not be distributed. He concluded: " I am writing immediately to Maestricht to ask whether my brother has kept the composition. If so, the mistake and the epigraph will be corrected and I will have a new print run made.. " A second edition was printed, correcting the two errors pointed out by Valery.

The present copy is one of the faulty copies, printed in 1941, with the oddity in the epigraph: "to Jeannie - With her fearsome grace - Veiling..."and the typo in the fifth stanza. The copy passed through Valery's hands but was not distributed by the publisher.

One of the Valerian white wolves.

Karaiskakis Chapon 19c