*Stéphane MALLARMÉ. Oxford, Cambridge/ La Musique et les Lettres. Paris, Perrin et Cie, 1895 [early December 1894]; in-12 bradel half vellum, straw yellow cloth, titled spine, gilt t., cons. cover and spine (later binding). First edition. Ex. of the current edition on vellum. The second part is his lecture at Oxford and Cambridge on March 1st and 2nd [1894]: "The transparency of thought unifies, between audience and speaker, like a mirror, which cracks, the voice kills"... Autograph letter signed in thick ink on the bl.f.: "A la Jeune Belgique /Son ami / SM". The lunch on February 16, 1890 in Brussels, during his lectures, brought him closer to the Pléiade of La Jeune Belgique, whose inventors of Maldoror included Gilkin, Giraud and Valère-Gille, who soon became director of the review to which Mallarmé contributed. A good copy in its small binding.