Verlaine, Paul

Chansons pour Elle. Paris: chez l'artiste [Édouard Pelletan,] (1939)



8vo (7 7/8 x 6 in.; 201 x 151 mm). 30 woodcut text illustrations by Aristide Maillol, with 2 additional suites of the illustrations on japon and chine. Russet morocco by Georges Cretté, blind-ruled overall with horizontal fillets about 5 mm apart and gilt-ruled with vari-length vertical fillets forming a geometric pattern of convex quadrilaterals, isosceles triangles, and concave irregular pentagons. Slipcase, morocco-backed chemise.

8vo (7 7/8 x 6 in.; 201 x 151 mm). 30 woodcut text illustrations by Aristide Maillol, with 2 additional suites of the illustrations on japon and chine. Russet morocco by Georges Cretté, blind-ruled overall with horizontal fillets about 5 mm apart and gilt-ruled with vari-length gilt fillets forming a geometric pattern of convex quadrilaterals, isosceles triangles, and concave irregular pentagons. Slipcase, morocco-backed chemise.
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No. 12 of 20 copies on japon ancien (of a whole edition of 190).