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LES POEMES D'EDGAR POEby Poe, Edgar Allan & Mallarme, Stephane // Manet, EdouardFirst Trade Edition
Paris: Leon Vannier, 1889 167pp: Mallarmé's famous prose translation of Poe with lithographic illustrations by Edouard Manet: titlepiece of the Raven; portrait of Poe, quarter-title of the Raven; four lithographs illustrating The Raven, one illustrating Annabel Lee and one illustrating The City in the Sea. Bound in dark tan calf over brown marbled boards (worn at the edges and corners), with the original parchment cover bound in (foxed). Manet's lithographs each have a tissue guard and are in excellent condition. A nice copy of this, the first French translations of Poe who was of great influence on the French 'symbolists': Baudelaire spent better than a decade translating Poe's tales; Rimbaud and Mallarmé found Poe an inspiration for these dream-inspired visionaries. Mallarmé enlisted his friend Manet in preparing an edition of Poe's poetry in French, and a first and highly limited edition (250 copies) was published in 1875 -- and was not a success: Mallarmé was then largely unknown, Manet was a very controversial rebel in art circles and Poe had not made a mark on the French public. Twenty years later, an unlimited or "trade" edition was pubished -- with more success. . First Trade Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Bds. Good.
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