VERLAINE (Paul). Invectives. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1896. In-12 - Lot 137

VERLAINE (Paul). Invectives. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1896. In-12, (6including the first 2 and the last blank)-155-(3dincluding the last 2 blank)pp. bradel of midnight-blue percaline, threaded spine with red title-piece, covers preserved (modern binding). First edition. Enriched copy with an autograph letter signed by Paul Verlaine: "Mon cher Vanier, alité, mais sain d'esprit, je travaille aux premières pièces d'Invectives. Tomorrow afternoon, you'll have a hundred verses for, I hope, a sum of several thunes. In the meantime, Mademoiselle Krantz, who is trustworthy, whom I love dearly, who prevents me from doing anything foolish, and who takes such admirable care of me and my affairs, will kindly take it upon herself to fetch from you the hundred sous I need [Eugénie Krantz, the poet's mistress, who was one of the inspirers of the poems in the collection Odes in his honor].(Paris, "mercredi matin 247bre" 1890, red and blue pencil strokes by Léon Vanier).