POE (Edgar Allan) - MALLARMÉ (Stéphane).
The Poems of Edgar Poe. Prose translation by Stéphane Mallarmé.
Paris : Léon Vanier, 1889. - In-8, half tan basane, spine ribbed, spotted head, untrimmed, cover preserved (binding of the first half of the 20th century).
Second edition of Stéphane Mallarmé's prose translation, illustrated with nine reproductions of drawings by Édouard Manet, including a portrait of Poe in the frontispiece, seven figures out of the text and the cover vignette representing the crow of the poem. Seven of these compositions had already appeared in 1875 and 1888, but those of "Annabel Lee" and "La Cité en la mer" are unpublished. In addition to this illustration is a full-page woodcut depicting Edgar Poe's tomb.

Some wear and tear on the spine. Heavy foxing to the cover.
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Lot no. 44

POE (Edgar Allan) - MALLARMÉ (Stéphane). The Poems of Edgar Poe. Prose translation by Stéphane Mallarmé. Paris : Léon Vanier, 1889. - In-8, half tan basane, spine ribbed, spotted head, untrimmed, cover preserved (binding of the first half of the 20th century). Second edition of Stéphane Mallarmé's prose translation, illustrated with nine reproductions of drawings by Édouard Manet, including a portrait of Poe in the frontispiece, seven figures out of the text and the cover vignette representing the crow of the poem. Seven of these compositions had already appeared in 1875 and 1888, but those of "Annabel Lee" and "La Cité en la mer" are unpublished. In addition to this illustration is a full-page woodcut depicting Edgar Poe's tomb. Some wear and tear on the spine. Heavy foxing to the cover.

Estimate
€150 - €200
Result
€130
Buyer's premium
25%
POE (Edgar Allan) - MALLARMÉ (Stéphane). The Poems of Edgar Poe. Prose translation by Stéphane Mallarmé. Paris : Léon Vanier, 1889. - In-8, half tan basane, spine ribbed, spotted head, untrimmed, cover preserved (binding of the first half of the 20th century). Second edition of Stéphane Mallarmé's prose translation, illustrated with nine reproductions of drawings by Édouard Manet, including a portrait of Poe in the frontispiece, seven figures out of the text and the cover vignette representing the crow of the poem. Seven of these compositions had already appeared in 1875 and 1888, but those of "Annabel Lee" and "La Cité en la mer" are unpublished. In addition to this illustration is a full-page woodcut depicting Edgar Poe's tomb. Some wear and tear on the spine. Heavy foxing to the cover.
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