Nieuwsbrief 1073: Paul Verlaine

This newsletter = Catalogue 87! is a clarion call for the Antiquarian Bookfair in Mechelen, which took place on December 8, 9 and 10, 2023. Due to its international character, the newsletter is in English, but there are plenty of Dutch aspects in it.

Deze nieuwsbrief = Catalogus 87! is een klaroenstoot voor de antiquarenbeurs in Mechelen van december 2023. Vanwege het internationale karakter in het Engels, maar er zijn Nederlandstalige aspecten genoeg in te vinden.

1. VERLAINE, Paul Album de Vers et de Prose. Paris (= Bruxelles/ Paris), Léon Vanier (= Librairie Nouvelle/ Librairie Universelle), [1888]. Stapled. 12 p. 1st edition. Upper and lower cover loose and damaged.
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* The first edition from 1888, provided with a cover by Vanier in 1894. In 1897 a dated reprint was published by Vanier. Anthologie contemporaine vol. 58, Série V (no. 10).

2. [VERLAINE, Paul] Les amies. Scène d’amour sapphique. Sonnets par le licencié Pablo de Herlangèz. Ségovie, 1870. Original! grey unprinted wrappers. 16 p. Printed in 100 copies on laid paper. Unopened copy, cover very slightly soiled.
€ 375
* The first edition appeared two years earlier, in 1868, under the same imprint in an edition of 50 copies. Pia 25-26.

3. VERLAINE, Paul Biblio-sonnetten. Met illustraties van Richard Ranft. Uit het Frans vertaald door Martin Hulsenboom. Met een biografische schets van Paul Verlaine door Peter IJssenbrandt & de bibliografische geschiedenis door Ed Schilders. Tilburg, Stichting Cultureel Brabant, 2016. Boards. 112 p. Printed in 500 copies.
€ 20
* Attractive modern book with the poems in French and Dutch with extensive elucidations.

4. VERLAINE, Paul Biblio-sonnetten. Vertaald door Martin Hulsenboom met een biografische schets door Peter IJssenbrandt en de bibliografische geschiedenis door Ed Schilders. Houtsneden van Richard Ranft. (Utrecht, Stichting De Roos, 2016). Boards with dust jacket. 208 p. Printed in an edition of 175 numbered copies. Very ingenious design by Bert Meijer. Bilingual edition. Like new.
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* Very special bibliophile edition, first of all because of the content: virtually forgotten poems about (collecting) books. And also because of the form. To read the poems, pages 29 to 132 must be opened. This copy has (fortunately) remained virginal. De Roos 185.

5. VERLAINE, Paul Bonheur. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1891. Original wrappers. (4), 120 p. 1st edition. Name on cover, chips in front and back cover, spine is largely missing, foxing throughout the book.
€ 35

6. VERLAINE, Paul La bonne chanson. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1870. Original wrappers. (6), 42 p. 1st edition. The imprint on the cover has been pasted over with a Vanier label. Pinpoint holes in cover and endpapers, spine broken.
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* From the library of the Dutch poet Hélène Swarth (1859-1941), with her name in ink on the endpaper. Swarth grew up in Brussels and Mechelen, where she lived until 1894. Some poems have been marked with a penciled cross: her favourites?

7. VERLAINE, Paul Chansons grises. Musique de Reynaldo Hahn. Paris, Heugel & Cie., 1891-1892. Original wrappers. (2), 26 p. Rather ‘grise’ cover slightly damaged along edges, spine weak. Penciled name on cover: ‘Elsy (?) Quarles van Ufford’.
€ 35
* Seven poems by Verlaine, set to music by Reynaldo Hahn.

8. VERLAINE, Paul Confessions. (Notes autobiographiques). Illustrations de F.-A. Cazals. Paris, La Plume, 1899. Original wrappers. (4), 268 p. 2nd, extended edition. Clean copy with some reading creases.
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9. VERLAINE, Paul Confessions. Notes autobiographiques. Portrait par Anquetin. Paris, Publications de “Fin de Siècle”, 1895. Original wrappers. 188 p. 1st edition. Not a great copy: Spine pasted over, cover damaged along the edges, a corner of 7 x 6 cm is missing at the bottom right, portrait a bit foxed.
€ 25

10. VERLAINE, Paul Dans les limbes. (With a frontispice by Ladislas Loévy). Paris, Léon Vanier, 1894. Original wrappers. 48 p. 1st edition. Unopened. Tiny spot on the upper cover, some foxing on the wrappers, but a neat copy.
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11. VERLAINE, Paul Dansons la gigue! In: Gil Blas Illustrée Vol. 2, nr. 9 (February 28, 1892). 41 x 28 cm. (8) p. Illustrated. Some little tears.
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* The poem is on the front page, which is otherwise completely filled with a drawing of five dancing ladies by Albert Guillaume. Inside a colour design by Steinlen.

12. VERLAINE, Paul Élégies. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1893. Sewn. (4), 56 p. 1st edition. Spine and lower cover missing, upper cover a bit chipped.
€ 22

13. VERLAINE, Paul Femmes. ‘Imprimé sous le manteau et ne se vend nulle part’ [= Paris /London, C. Hirsch, 1895]. Green paper wrappers. 72 p. Uncut. Printed in an edition of 500 numbered copies. [2nd edition]. Spine damaged, figure with ballpoint pen on page 4.
€ 145
* One of the 480 numbered copies printed on Van Gelder. Dutel 292 A. Pia 464.

14. VERLAINE, Paul Femmes. (With a photogravure (?) as a frontispice – a portrait of Paul Verlaine). Without place or publisher, [1918?]. Original decorated dark blue wrappers. 48 p. Uncut. Printed in red and black in a limited, numbered edition.
€ 145
* Not found in the bibliographies known to us. Curious edition with some misspellings in the postlims, so possibly not French. Not in Dutel. Not in Pia.

15. VERLAINE, Paul Fêtes galantes. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1886. Original vellum paper wrappers. (6), 56 p. 2nd edition. Spine broken, little stain on front cover.
€ 95
* From the library of the Dutch poet Hélène Swarth (1859-1941), with her name in ink on the endpaper. Some poems have been marked with a penciled cross: favourites? The first edition appeared in 1869.

16. VERLAINE, Paul Fêtes Galantes. Portrait d’après Fantin-Latour. Avertissement d’Ernest Delahaye. Paris, Albert Messein, 1920. Original wrappers. Printed in 999 numbered copies. Some browning and foxing (caused by photo-engraved frontispice portrait on different paper). DJ a bit discoloured.
€ 20
* Series Les Manuscrits des Maîtres: the manuscript of Fêtes galantes is brilliantly reproduced in photogravure.

17. VERLAINE, Paul François Coppée. (Les hommes d’aujourd’hui Nr. 253. With a portrait in colour by Emile Cohl). Paris, Vanier, [1885]. 29.2 x 19.9 cm. Folded leaf. 1st edition. Stain in top right corner (also visible inside), top slightly frayed, ex-libris stamp at the bottom of the back cover.
€ 95
* Text by Paul Verlaine (in first edition), caricature by Emile Cohl.
Added: François COPPÉE, Printed business card. ‘François Coppée/ de l’Académie Française/ 12 rue Oudinot (VIIe)’. With a few words in manuscript: ‘Merci de tout coeur./ Cordialement (…)’. Initialed ‘F.C.’. To be dated between 1884 and 1908.
François Coppée (1842-1908), a man full of inner contradictions, was a member of the poètes Parnassiens. The Album Zutique, discovered in 1936, contains work by both Rimbaud and Coppée. The poetry of Rimbaud from the collection parodies specific poems by Coppée in a number of cases.

18. VERLAINE, Paul Liturgies intimes. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1893. Original wrappers. (6), 58 p. [2nd edition]. Vague foxing on upper cover.
€ 45

19. VERLAINE, Paul Liturgies intimes. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1893. Original wrappers. (6), 58 p. [2nd edition]. Vague foxing on upper cover.
€ 60
* From the library of the Dutch poet Hélène Swarth (1859-1941), with her name in ink on the endpaper.

20. VERLAINE, Paul Männer. Deutsche und Französische Ausgabe des Buches Hombres. (Zürich, I.H. François, 1920). Vellum-backed boards. Printed on handmade paper in an edition of 1100 numbered copies. Vellum a bit dirty, binding slightly scratched.
€ 35

21. VERLAINE, Paul Men and Women. Erotic Works. Translated with an Introduction and Commentary by Alan Stone. (London), W.H. Allen, (1985). Original wrappers. 192 p.
€ 15
* Illustrated with erotic photos of, among others, Wilhelm von Gloeden.

22. VERLAINE, Paul Negentien gedichten. Amsterdam, Regulierenpers Uitgeverij, 1990. Original wrappers. 54 p. Bilingual edition. Wrinkle.
€ 30
* 19 poems by Verlaine with translations by P.C. Boutens, Jan G. Elburg, Jef Last, J. Slauerhoff et al., with a justification by Marijke Stapert-Eggen.

23. VERLAINE, Paul Odes en son honneur. Paris, La Connaissance, 1931. 28 x 20 cm. Original blue wrappers. (48) p. With original portrait etching by Paterne Berrichon. Set from the Hollandsche Mediaeval printed in red and black in 100 numbered copies on wove paper of Van Gelder. Sellotape ghost at the flyleaves.
€ 85
* A beautiful book with exquisite, generous typography by Charles Nypels. Van Laar 136.

24. VERLAINE, Paul Odes en son honneur. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1893. Original wrappers. (4), 56 p. 1st edition. Spine browned and with a little tear, foxing spots at beginning and end
€ 35

25. VERLAINE, Paul Oeuvres complètes (5 vols; 1925-1927). Oeuvres posthumes (3 vols; 1913-1929). Correspondance (3 vols; 1922-1929). Exemplaires de tête. Paris, Albert Messein, 1913-1929. Complete in eleven volumes. Gilt black halfmorocco with five ribbons and marbled boards, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers and backstrips bound in (Charles Septier). Bookplate of Bouessée Larchamp on flyleaves. A few inconspicuous scratches on some of the spines, but a very nice set.
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* Nice set on Hollande, numbered 10 (Oeuvres complètes and Oeuvres posthumes) and 22 (Correspondance). Oeuvres complètes: one of 15 copies on Hollande. Oeuvres posthumes vol. 1 and 3: one of 15 on Hollande. Oeuvres posthumes vol. 2: one of 25 on Hollande (after 10 copies on Japon). Correspondance: one of 25 on Hollande (after 15 on Japon).

26. VERLAINE, Paul Oeuvres érotiques. (Paris), Baudouin, (1980). Original wrappers. 112 p.
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* Illustrated with old erotic images by Aubrey Beardsley, Félicien Rops a.o.

27. VERLAINE, Paul Oeuvres libres. Femmes. Hommes. ‘Édition privée pour les bibliophiles’ (ca. 1950). 80 p. Stapled. Printed in an edition of 200 numbered copies. A little stain and a few creases in cover.
€ 45
* One of the 182 Arabic numbered copies, ‘réservés aux bibliophiles’. Not in Dutel.

28. VERLAINE, Paul Oeuvres libres. Première édition critique, suivie de notes, de variantes, d’un essai de bibliographie, et précédée d’une introduction par Jissey, bibliophile parisien. Ornée d’un portrait de Verlaine. Metz, Au verger des amours, 1949. Original wrappers. 136 p. Printed in 500 numbered copies. Unopened.
€ 35
* One of 325 numbered copies on Alfama. Dutel 2095.

29. VERLAINE, Paul Paul Verlaine. Woubrugge, Avalon Pers, 1995. Original wrappers. (20) p. Illustrated. Set from Bembo and Romanée and hand-printed in a limited edition. A few little creases.
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* In addition to poetry by Verlaine (with translations in Dutch, German and English), this bibliophile book contains an introductory essay by Flip Mayer. New Year’s Eve gift 1995/1996 from Els and Flip Mayer.

30. VERLAINE, Paul Paul Verlaine. (With a caricature in colors by Emile Cohl). Paris, Vanier, [1896]. Folded leaf. 29.5 x 20.5. [2nd extended edition]. Some marginal tears. A bit browned.
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* Verlaine with piercing look, depicted with beastly legs and a lion’s tail marked ‘Decadence’, the Greek word ‘Anangke’, fate, as a mark of Cain on his forehead. Les Hommes d’Aujourd’hui 244.

31. VERLAINE, Paul Poèmes érotiques. Préface d’Elula Perrin. [Paris], (Rive Gauche Productions, 1980). Boards. 192 p.
€ 15

32. VERLAINE, Paul Poëmes Saturniens. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1890. Original wrappers. (8), 148 p. 2nd edition. Spine damaged and broken in several places, making the first and last sections almost loose.
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33. VERLAINE, Paul Poëmes Saturniens. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1866 (on cover: 1867). Original wrappers. (8), 164 p. 1st edition. Modest bookplate on p. (6), lower cover loose, spine damaged and broken in some places (but not loose), first and last endpaper foxed.
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* Fair copy of Verlaine’s poetical debut.

34. VERLAINE, Paul Les poètes maudits. Nouvelle edition. Ornée de six portraits par Luque. Tristan Corbière. Arthur Rimbaud. Stéphane Mallarmé. Marceline Desbordes-Valmore. Villiers de l’Isle-Adam. Pauvre Lélian. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1888. Gilt halfmorocco with marbled boards; top edge gilt (signed Ad. Lavaux; original wrappers and backstrip bound in). (4), 104 p. Top gilt. Printed in 600 copies. Second, extended edition.
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* The first edition of Les Poètes maudits appeared in 1884 in an edition of 253 copies, with works by Arthur Rimbaud, Corbière and Mallarmé. It was the first book edition of some of Arthur Rimbaud’s famous poems. This second edition is enriched with two more poems by Rimbaud which appear here for the first time and with portraits and works by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Villiers de l’Isle-Adam and ‘Pauvre Lélian’ (anagram of Paul Verlaine).

35. VERLAINE, Paul Les poètes maudits. Nouvelle edition. Ornée de six portraits par Luque. Tristan Corbière. Arthur Rimbaud. Stéphane Mallarmé. Marceline Desbordes-Valmore. Villiers de l’Isle-Adam. Pauvre Lélian. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1900. Original wrappers. (4), 88 p. 3rd edition. Name on cover, bookblock partly loose in wrappers.
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36. VERLAINE, Paul Receipt signed by Paul Verlaine.
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* Pre-printed receipt from La Revue d’Aujourd’hui. Oblong 13.5 x 21.5 cm. On February 15, 1890, Verlaine received 22 francs and 80 centimes from the magazine. The date and amount were entered by someone from La Revue d’Aujourd’hui, who also wrote ‘Mr Paul Verlaine’ at the bottom left of the note. Two poems by Verlaine were included in La Revue d’Aujourd’hui of February 1890, later collected in Bonheur (1891).

37. VERLAINE, Paul Sagesse. Manuscrit remis, en 1880, à la Societé de Librairie catholique, pour l’impression de la première édition. Avertissement d’Ernest Delahaye. Portrait d’après Eugène Carrière. Paris, Albert Messein, 1913. Decorated full leather (upper and lower cover bound in). Printed in an edition of 947 numbered copies. Leather a bit scratched.
€ 60
* One of 922 numbered copies on vélin réglé. Les manuscrits des maîtres.

38. VERLAINE, Paul Women/ Men (Femmes/ Hombres). With a Parallel English Verse Translation by William Packard and John D. Mitchell. Introduction by Hugh A. Harter. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton. New York, Iasta Press, [1977?]. Oblong. Original wrappers. (8), XIV, 130 p. 2nd edition.
€ 15
* Illustrated with erotical photos by a.o. Wilhelm von Gloeden.

39. (VERLAINE (préface), Paul. VERMERSCH, Eugène L’Infamie humaine. Préface de Paul Verlaine. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1890. Halfcloth with marbled boards. (6), XXX, (2), 200 p. 1st edition.
€ 25

40. VERLAINE, Paul, Charles BAUDELAIRE, MAETERLINCK, VERHAEREN and DE HÉRÉDIA 10 Poèmes. Compositions décoratives de Huib Luns. Amsterdam, Losco, [1911]. Longstitch binding (thread missing). 44 p. Printed in an edition of 300 copies. Stain (from removed label?) on upper cover (faded), prayer card stuck to front endpaper. Foxing.
€ 75
* One of the 150 numbered copies on heavy Dutch Van Gelder paper. With dedication by the illustrator’s brother on page 2: ‘Voor Chr. Mertz/ in vriendschap/ Juli 1924./ Frank Luns.’ Frank Luns (1886-1936) was an author and stage director, Huib Luns (1881-1942) was an artist and also the father of Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Luns. Chrétien Mertz (1883-1931), priest-poet and teacher at the Episcopal College in Sittard, wrote the text for the mystery play Lumen Christi, the design of which was in the hands of Huib Luns. Attractively and profusely illustrated edition with the poems in facsimile of calligraphy.

41. (VERLAINE, Paul). AERDE, Rogier van De arme bruiloftsgast. Levensroman van Paul Verlaine. Dichter-minnaar-bohémien. Utrecht, Fontein, [1956]. Cloth with slightly damaged dust jacket. 264 p. 1st edition. Reading copy.
€ 15
* ‘The poor wedding guest. Novel about the life of Paul Verlaine. Poet-lover-bohemian’.

42. (VERLAINE, Paul). BOLLERY, Joseph, & Frans MULLER Un séjour ignoré de Verlaine en Belgique. Quatre lettres inédites de Léon Bloy. Un ami d’enfance de Paul Verlaine. Ce qu’était devenu Verlaine entre Mai et Septembre 1885. La Rochelle, Cahiers Léon Bloy, 1938. Stapled. 32 p. Uncut. Upper and lower cover loose.
€ 25

43. (VERLAINE, Paul). BRULEZ, Raymond Posthumous interview. File of 14 sheets of handwriting, five sheets of typescript, a handwritten letter from Brulez and a letter from Wim Zaal to Brulez.
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* Typescript and notes for the article’Posthuum interview’, a dialogue between Raymond Brulez and Paul Verlaine, published in Elseviers Weekblad of June 26, 1968 and a year later in the collection Proefneming der eenzaamheid.
The handwritten notes form an apparently chaotic start to the article, the typescript is also far from completed and contains numerous deletions, corrections and additions. Wim Zaal’s letter is a request on behalf of Elseviers Weekblad: Brulez is to write an interview with himself for an honorarium of 300 guilders. Brulez’s letter, dated February 4, 1972, was addressed to a collector who had requested a manuscript from the author. This file was Brulez’s answer!

44. (VERLAINE, Paul). CAZALS, F.-A. & Gustave Le ROUGE Les derniers jours de Paul Verlaine. Nombreux documents et dessins. Avec une préface de Maurice Barrès. Paris, Mercure de France, 1911. Blue cloth with title ticket on the spine. (2), X, 276 p. Illustrated. Note on endpaper.
€ 15

45. (VERLAINE, Paul). [CLERGET, Fernand] Paul Verlaine et ses contemporains, par un témoin impartial. Étude précédée d’une biographie et d’un portrait inédit par G. Bonnet. Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Association, 1897. Original wrappers. (2), 82 p. Name on halftitle.
€ 20

46. (VERLAINE, Paul). D’EAUBONNE, Françoise Verlaine et Rimbaud ou la fausse évasion. Paris, Albin Michel, (1960). Original wrappers. 312 p. 1st edition.
€ 15

47. (VERLAINE, Paul). DONOS, Ch. Verlaine Intime. Rédigé d’après les documents receuillis sur le Roi des Poètes par son ami et éditeur Léon Vanier. Illustré de gravures et d’autographes d`après des dessins et manuscrits de Paul Verlaine, gravés par Ch. Decaux. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1898. Cloth-backed marbled boards, upper cover bound in (private binding). 256 p. Name on title and on halftitle.
€ 25

48. (VERLAINE, Paul). FONTAINAS, André Verlaine-Rimbaud. Ce qu’on présume de leurs relations. Ce qu’on sait. Paris, Librairie de France, (1931). Original wrappers. (2), 92 p. 2nd edition. Cover a bit damaged, moisture stain on lower wrapper.
€ 15

49. (VERLAINE, Paul). HAUG, Gerhart Verlaine. Die Geschichte des Armen Lelian. Leben, Dichtung, Bekentnisse, Briefe. Basel, Schwabe & Co, (1944). Cloth. 356 p. Illustrated.
€ 15

50. (VERLAINE, Paul). KUNEL, Maurice Verlaine et Rimbaud en Belgique. (Avec deux portraits). Liège, Soledi, (1945). Original wrappers. 172 p. 1st edition.
€ 15

51. (VERLAINE, Paul). LE ROUGE, Gustave Verlainiens et décadents. Paris, Seheur, (1928). Original wrappers. 256 p. Illustrated. 1st edition. Cover loose and damaged.
€ 15

52. (VERLAINE, Paul). LEOPOLD, J.H. Paul Verlaine †. Page 1-2 in: De Nieuwe Gids. New Series, Vol. 2, nr. 1 (March 1896).
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* Two in-memoriam poems about Verlaine by the Dutch poet.

53. (VERLAINE, Paul). PEYRE, Henri Rimbaud vu par Verlaine. Paris, Nizet, 1975. Original wrappers. 224 p. 1st edition.
€ 15

54. (VERLAINE, Paul). PLÉIADE ALBUM Album Verlaine. Iconographie choisie et commentée par Pierre Petitfils. [Paris], Gallimard, (1981). Full morocco with original plastic overwrap and paper flaps. 320 p. 492 illustrations. 1st edition.
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55. (VERLAINE, Paul). RÉGAMEY, Félix Verlaine Dessinateur. Paris, H. Floury, 1896. Original wrappers. (8), 56 p. Illustrated. Printed in an edition of 630 numbered copies. 1st edition. Spine pasted over, upper and lower cover a bit damaged at the edges, partly removed label on p. (5), small spots on lower cover.
€ 45
* One of 600 copies on Vélin.

56. (VERLAINE, Paul). SCHENDEL, Arthur van Verlaine. Het leven van een dichter. Amsterdam, Meulenhoff, 1927. Original folding wrappers. 184 p. Uncut. Illustrated. 1st edition. Vague cover stain. Name on title with date 1928.
€ 15
* Well-written, slightly romanticized biography in Dutch.

57. (VERLAINE, Paul). VERLAINE, Ex-Madame Paul Mémoires de ma vie. Précédés d’une introduction de M. François Porché. [Paris], Flammarion, (1935). Cloth-backed marbled boards, original upper cover bound in (private binding). (2), 286 p. Name on halftitle.
€ 15

58. (VERLAINE, Paul). WILLEMSE, Dr. A. Paul Verlaine. Proeve van een psychoanalytische verklaring. (Kerkrade, Alberts), 1937. Original wrappers. 92 p. With 10 drawings by Hendrik WIEGERSMA (and a portrait painted by Isaac Israëls). The Dutch edition. 1st. Spine taped and damaged.
€ 50
* With handwritten dedication from the author to the illustrator on the cover: ‘aan H. Wiegersma/ den teekenaar/ van den schrijver/ (sign.)’. Adriaan Willemse (1886-1939) was initially a general practitioner in Well in North Limburg, later he became medical director of the Sint Jozef Hospital in Kerkrade.

59. (VERLAINE, Paul). WILLEMSE, Dr. A. Paul Verlaine. Proeve van een psychoanalytische verklaring. (Kerkrade, Alberts), 1937. Original wrappers. 92 p. With ten illustrations by Hendrik Wiegersma (and a portrait painted by Isaac Israëls). The Dutch version. 1st edition. Place number and label on front cover. Text written on verso halftitle.
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* Inscribed by the author on the halftitle: ‘voor pater Goltstein/ van den Schrijver/ (sign.)’.
Adriaan Willemse (1886-1939) was initially a general practitioner in Well in North Limburg, later he became medical director of the Sint Jozef Hospital in Kerkrade.

60. (VERLAINE, Paul). WILLEMSE, Dr. A. Paul Verlaine. Vu par un médecin. (Kerkrade, Alberts), 1937. Original wrappers. 124 p. With nine illustrations by Hendrik Wiegersma (and a portrait painted by Isaäc Israëls). Translated into French and enlarged compared to the Dutch edition.
€ 30
* Inscribed by the author on the cover: ‘Den Heer J. Toledo/ Hoogachtend/ de Schrijver/ (sign.)/ Aug/ 1938’.
Adriaan Willemse (1886-1939) was initially a general practitioner in Well in North Limburg, later he became medical director of the Sint Jozef Hospital in Kerkrade.

61. (VERLAINE, Paul). ZORN, Anders Original etching, 1895. Paper size 28.9 x 19.8 cm, image size 23.6 x 15.9 cm. Signed and dated ’18 ZORN 95′ lower left of the plate. Printed on beige paper. Very slight discolouration due to previous framing.
€ 500