VERLAINE (Paul): Wisdom. Paris Société Générale de Librairie - Lot 226

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VERLAINE (Paul): Wisdom. Paris Société Générale de Librairie - Lot 226
VERLAINE (Paul): Wisdom. Paris Société Générale de Librairie Catholique 1881. In-8 paperback, printed cover, II + 106 pp. (foxing, small bumps on the covers) Original edition published on author's account at 500 copies on ordinary vellum (there was no large paper). Still marked by the Rimbaudian influence, Verlaine started writing this collection in 1873, during his incarceration in Mons, and he had thought of calling it "Cellularly", but its composition was prolonged until 1880 to make it a pivotal work, already won by a form of conservative prosaism, fruit of his return to the Christian faith. Rare paperback copy, as issued.
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