RICTUS (Jehan). Les Soliloques du Pauvre. Revised, corrected and expanded edition with previously unpublished poems. Paris : P. Sevin, E. Rey, 1903 - In-8, 196 x 147: 256 pp, (2 blank ff.), illustrated cover. Paperback, untrimmed, modern hardback folder and slipcase. Crauzat, 624. Illustrated first edition of this famous collection, first published in 1897 and the best-known by the poet Jehan Rictus (1867-1933). Revised, it includes 2 new poems compared to the original edition, while 3 others have been removed. The illustrations, entirely by Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN (1859-1923), include a cover and 111 lithographed drawings, 9 of which are full-page. ONE OF 100 EXEMPLIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE MANUFACTURING PAPER (no. 23). A very well preserved copy.