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First edition of the French translation, one of 240 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 7 on Japan paper, 10 on Arches, and 21 on pure rag vellum.
Restored tear at head of spine, which is also cracked, slight tears along the right margin of the front cover, internally clean and appealing.
Handwritten, signed two-page letter concerning his German translation of Paul Verlaine's works Berlin s.d. (circa 1904), 16.5 x 22.5cm, one leaf. £ Signed, handwritten two-page letter addressed to the director of the literary magazine “La Plume”, Karl Boès, and written in Berlin where Stefan Zweig undertook the translation of Paul Verlaine's works into German.
In this letter, the very young Francophile, barely 23 years old, demonstrates his passion for the poet to Verlaine's publisher. He contributes to its discovery in Germany, less than 10 years after his death: "J'ai réussi de trouver un éditeur et aussi l'éditeur le plus moderne d'Allemagne qui veut oser de vendre une...
