*Stéphane MALLARMÉ. Mr. Whistler's "Ten O'Clock". French translation by M. Stéphane Mallarmé. London/Paris (La Librairie de La Revue Indépendante), [late May] 1888; pet. in-12 square, br. chagr. spine folder, slipcase (Atelier Devauchelle). First edition printed in [250] copies on Van Gelder watermarked laid paper, the only paper. Published in La Revue Indépendante de Dujardin, issue of May 1, 1888 no. 19, a free translation of Whistler's lecture given at ten o'clock in the evening, says the review, in London, Cambridge and Oxford in 1885. There is sometimes confusion, in the advertisements of La Revue indépendante, between the many pamphlets published, as for this one said to be on "beau vélin français" at 250 copies ("vient de paraître", no. of [June 1] 88), but certainly not on colored paper [the ex. on lilac paper reported by Carteret [Oct. 25] in the March 1923 sale is perhaps a chapel ex., as it has its cover mute]. There is no need to mention the English publisher (Chatto and Windus), who had nothing to do with the edition. Autograph letter signed in ink on bl. f. (p. [5]): "A Octave Maus // amicalement // Stéphane Mallarmé". An autograph correction: "Je le corrigerai sur les exemplaires à envoyer" (Marchal Corr. 945): cheval-machine>cheval à vapeur (not cheval-vapeur, Galantaris, 2014 p. 487). The review text did indeed read "cheval à vapeur", but the mistake was Dujardin's (ibid.). Maus's reply on June 15: "I thank you most cordially, my dear Master, for sending me your very artistic translation of Whistler's Ten O'Clock. It has given me all the more pleasure, as the friendly memory which dictated it to you is a new and precious mark of sympathy" (Austin III p. 208). In January, the enthusiastic Maus had confirmed Verhaeren's invitation to speak at the V Exposition des XX, but this was postponed until 1890 [see 60]. Corrected offprint (see idem 62). La Revue indépendante was to "serve as proofs for the brochure", Mallarmé told Whistler (Marchal Corr. 920). This was the case, with the same typeface and layout as the "placards, whose layout I will complete, including the first blank pages" (ibid. 936), as well as a few typographical blocks moved to the beginning. The white spaces already requested by the artist via Mallarmé were sufficiently executed in the magazine, and remained unchanged. The translation was, however, corrected. It would be useful to collate them. For example, La Revue indépendante: "L'Art sévit par la ville! - la galanterie du passant le prend au menton - le maître de maison l'invite à blanchir son seuil" becomes: "L'Art court la rue! - a passing gallant takes him on the chin - the master of the house entices him to cross his threshold"; and "Doux prêtre du Philistin, enfin, le voici qui encore s'écarte agréablement du point, et, au travers de maint volumes" > "Doux prêtre du Philistin, le voici qui va l'amble agréablement hors des buts, et, à travers maint volume".... Has Viélé-Griffin, who was to co-sign the translation, reviewed it yet? A few minor blemishes and pitting, but otherwise a precious witness to the XX's secretary, a key figure in European avant-garde art and music.