Lot 198
Farge (Henri).- Verlaine (Paul) Les Amies. Scene d'Amour Sapphique. Sonnets, with A.L.s. from Verlaine and 2 original drawings by Farge, Paris, 1921
Hammer Price: £600
Description
Farge (Henri).- Verlaine (Paul) Les Amies. Scene d'Amour Sapphique. Sonnets, one of 200 copies on Arches, signed presentation inscription from Henri Farge to René Philipon on half-title, Autograph Letter signed by Verlaine tipped in at front along with pen and ink portrait by Farge, pen and ink with watercolour drawing by Farge tipped onto leaf following the poem "Sappho", 7 tipped in plates by Henri Farge, light browning and slight marginal damp-staining to endpapers, vellum, gilt, by Yseux de Thierry-Simier, light marking to upper cover, scuffing to spine tips and corners, g.e., folio, Paris, 1921.
⁂ René Philipon (1869-1936), author and collector, possible subject of the Farge portrait.
Description
Farge (Henri).- Verlaine (Paul) Les Amies. Scene d'Amour Sapphique. Sonnets, one of 200 copies on Arches, signed presentation inscription from Henri Farge to René Philipon on half-title, Autograph Letter signed by Verlaine tipped in at front along with pen and ink portrait by Farge, pen and ink with watercolour drawing by Farge tipped onto leaf following the poem "Sappho", 7 tipped in plates by Henri Farge, light browning and slight marginal damp-staining to endpapers, vellum, gilt, by Yseux de Thierry-Simier, light marking to upper cover, scuffing to spine tips and corners, g.e., folio, Paris, 1921.
⁂ René Philipon (1869-1936), author and collector, possible subject of the Farge portrait.
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