Paris (France)

Rare first edition of this first collection of Parnasse contemporain in which the works of thirty-seven poets, for the most part unpublished, are published in 18 issues. Indeed, some of the poems from Charles Baudelaire's Nouvelles fleurs du mal appear for the first time in the fifth issue which is devoted entirely to him: Epigraphe pour un livre condamné - Madrigal triste - L'avertisseur - Le rebelle - Bien loin d'ici - Recueillement - Le gouffre - Les plaintes d'un Icare, as well as some poems published in the Epaves.
We also find the first works by Stéphane Mallarmé: “Les fenêtres - Le sonneur - A celle qui est tranquille - Vere novo - L'azur - Les Fleurs - Soupir - A un pauvre” and by Paul Verlaine who had then not published anything in volume: “Vers dorés - Dans les bois - Il bacio - Cauchemar - Sub urbe - Marine - Mon rêve familier”. The volume also contains contributions from Théodore de Banville, Théophile Gautier, José Marié de Heredia, Leconte de Lisle, Anatole France, Louis Ménard, Catulle Mendès, Adam Villiers de l'Isle Adam, Charles Cros, Léon Dierx...
Bradel binding in full paper with floral gilt motifs, bronze morocco title piece, preserved wrappers with corner restorations, pastiche binding signed Thomas Boichot.

La Femme tondue First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vélin du Marais paper, the tirage de tête (first deluxe copies).
Covers and spine lightly sunned at margins as usual, one very small tear to head of spine.
A good copy of Anton Prinner's only book, printed privately thanks to François Bernouard.
This copy, as called for in tirage de tête copies, with the suite of 8 burin engravings and etchings justified and signed in pencil by Anton Prinner.
Originally from Hungary, Anna Prinner moved to France in 1928 and then decided to change gender and become Anton Prinner, constructivist painter and sculptor close to the Montparnos, as well as to Camille Bryen, Raoul Ubac, Vieira da Silva and Pablo Picasso
Beautiful copy signed by the transgender, constructivist, Hungarian artist whom Picasso affectionately nicknames “Monsieur Madame”.

First edition, one of the 100 numbered copies on papier de luxe, the only deluxe copies ("grands papiers").
Nice copy.

Le Parnasse contemporain, recueil de vers nouveaux, full set of the first, second and third series

Lemerre | Paris 1866-1876 | 17 x 24 cm | 3 volumes in half shagreen

First edition of the Parnasse contemporain, a rare complete set of the three series, published in 1866, 1869-1871 and 1876, in which the work of more than a hundred poets appeared, mostly previously unpublished. Some of the poems of the Nouvelles fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire were effectively published for the first time in the first series, in the fifth issue, devoted entirely to him, including the following: épigraphe pour un livre condamné – Madrigal triste – L'Avertisseur – Le Rebelle – Bien loin d'ici – Recueillement – Le Gouffre – Les Plaintes d'un Icare, as well as some poems published in épaves.

One can also find some of the first work by Stéphane Mallarmé “Les Fenêtres – Le Sonneur – à celle qui est tranquille – Vere novo – L'azur – Les Fleurs – Soupir – à un pauvre” and Paul Verlaine who had yet to publish a collection of his own: “Vers dorés – Dans les bois – Il bacio – Cauchemar – Sub urbe – Marine – Mon rêve familier”.

These volumes also contain contributions from Théodore de Banville, Théophile Gautier, José-Maria de Heredia, Leconte de Lisle, Anatole France, Louise Colet, Louis Ménard, Catulle Mendès, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle Adam, Charles Cros, Louisa Siefert, Léon Dierx, and others.

Half red shagreen, spine in five compartments, title and date framed in a gold fillet, double fillet frame to compartments, green bookmark.
Ex-libris to recto of ffep: “Collection Armand Weil” and of Michel and Jeannine Parisot laid down on verso of half-title.

A very rare complete set in a uniform binding.

Edition oginale, il n'est pas fait mention de grand papier.
spine et second plat jaunis, premier plat de couverture illustré, feuillets d'illustrations photographiques, le premier avec une déchirure marginale sans manque lié à un mauvais découpage d'un lecteur.
Envoi autographe signé de Georges Sadoul à la comédienne Marinette Cadix.

Rare first edition, with the wrapper and title page dated 1874.

Half black morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, gilt fillet on boards, combed paper pastedowns and endpapers, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Alix.

Printed in 1869 by Lacroix, this edition was not released for sale for fear of censorship. Only about ten copies were stitched and given to the author (five have been recorded to date). In 1874, Jean-Baptiste Rozez, another Belgian publisher-bookseller, acquired the stock and published the work with a wrapper and cancel title page dated 1874, without publisher's imprint. It was in his bookshop that the poets of the Jeune Belgique would be the first to discover this text. A literature of vertigo at the limits of the bearable, of adolescent excess, of total darkness, Maldoror, or the epic of a figure of evil wandering through the world, became famous thanks to the Surrealists who made it a true aesthetic manifesto. 

A fine copy elegantly bound.