Le parnasse contemporain, recueil de vers nouveaux, deuxième série 1869-1871

Rare first edition of the second volume of the Parnasse contemporain, featuring works by fifty-six poets, most of them previously unpublished, issued in twelve parts between 1869 and 1871.
Includes contributions by Paul Verlaine, Stéphane Mallarmé, Théodore de Banville, Théophile Gautier, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Louise Colet, José-Maria de Heredia, Sainte-Beuve, Leconte de Lisle, Catulle Mendès, Anatole France, Louisa Siefert, Sully Prudhomme, and Augustine-Malvina Blanchecotte...
Bradel binding in green forest morocco-backed boards with corners, smooth spine with central floral ornament and date at foot, comb-marbled endpapers, original wrappers and spine preserved, binding signed by Stroobants.
Monogrammed bookplate “B” pasted on a flyleaf.
A rare and very handsome copy.