Autograph letter signed twice « Paul Verlaine » to Léon Deschamps
Paris, 23rd August 1892, 3 p. in-12° on graph paper
« Baudelaire was my dearest fanaticism and is, that is to say, will remain one of my greatest admiration »
Autograph letter signed « Paul Verlaine » to Léon Deschamps
Paris, 19th October 1890, 1 p. in-8°
« I had accompanied, very young and all obscure as I was, the coffin of Baudelaire »
Les Hommes d’Aujourd’hui
First edition [1885], n°296, 4 pp. in-4°
Very scarce proof copy, depicting Mallarmé as a faun, a pan flute in his hands
Autograph letter signed « Ernest Delahaye » to Marcel Coulon
Maisons-Laffite, 16th December 1924, 8 p. in-8vo
“Mathilde has the right, in fact, to be spoken in her favour. Not having been able to do it with Verlaine is certainly not a crime”
Autograph letter signed « Ernest Delahaye » to Marcel Coulon
Maisons-Laffitte, 29th June 1929, 6 p. in-8, with autograph enveloppe
“The admirable poet replied, with a sweet smile: “It made them puke »”
Autograph letter signed « Ernest Delahaye » to Marcel Coulon
Maisons-Laffitte, 28th May 1925, 4 p. in-8, with autograph envelope
« Rimbaud loved things in art that he lacked »
Autograph letter signed twice « P Verlaine » and « P.V » to Émile Bally
Paris [1st June 1894], 3 p. 1/2 in-8° with autograph envelope
« I am there, along with Rimbaud, Valade, d’Hervilly and three or four others »
Autograph poem signed « Paul Verlaine »
London, 1873, 1 p. in-8°, on laid paper
« O le feu du ciel sur cette ville de la Bible ! »
Les Hommes d’Aujourd’hui
Original edition, n°318, 4 pp. in-4°
Proof copy with autograph corrections by Verlaine
Autograph letter signed « Votre P Verlaine » to l’abbé Louis Le Cardonnel
Paris, 9 Feb[ruary] [18]86, 2 p. 1/4 in-8° on mourning paper
« I don’t really know where I’m going, it’s called not living anymore »
Les Hommes d’Aujourd’hui
Original edition, n°318, 4 pp. in-4°
Famous copy representing Rimbaud painting vowels
Autograph letter signed “Gabriel Echaupre” to Edmond Lepelletier, Editor-in-Chief of the Echo of Paris
Paris, 25 August 1896., 4 pp. in-8 on letterhead
“Verlaine asked me what I thought of his contracts with Vanier, and if he could finally break his pact of misery”
Autograph letter signed twice “Eugénie Krantz” to Edmond Lepelletier
Paris, 39 rue Descartes, 8th January 1896, 2 pp. in-12 oblong
Extraordinary first-hand and unpublished testimony on Verlaine’s last moments, the day of his death
Autograph letter signed several times “Eugénie Krantz” to Edmond Lepelletier
Paris 29th January [1896], 4 p. in-12
Hospitalized a few days after Verlaine’s death and abandoned by all, Eugénie Krantz calls for desperate help
Autograph subscription signed for the attention of Emmanuel Signoret
N.p.n.d [1892], 1 p. in-8°
« Please send me 3 newsletters for 3 subscribers »
Autograph letter signed “Vanier” ato Edmond Lepelletier.
Paris, 21 mai 1896, 1 page in-4 on letterhead
“I’m here to ask you for the hundred francs agreed for your participation in Paul Verlaine’s funeral expenses”
Autograph letter signed “J. Verlaine” to a gentleman (probably Edmond Lepelletier)
Rue Montholon [Paris], circa 1889, 2 pp. in-8
“I would assure you that, when he came to the Broussais hospital to visit Mr. Verlaine, he asked me for a way to sue his publisher Vanier against whom he was extremely irritated.”
Original photograph of Paul Verlaine by Otto Wegener
[Paris, 1893], cabinet format (10,8 x 16,8 cm)
Famous portrait of the poet in preparation of his candidacy for the Académie Française
Autograph letter signed « Ant Bourdelle » [to André Fontainas]
Paris, November 1928 [in reality 25th December], 4 pp. in-4°
« The two Beethoven »
Autograph letter signed « Marcel Proust » to Marie Scheikévitch
Cabourg, [5th September 1912], 3 p. 1/2 in-8°
« Fortunately, I have no memory and I forget extremely quickly the people I liked »
Telegram to Marie Scheikévitch
[Friday 21st September 1917], 1 p. in-8°
« My health, so detestable at this moment, often deprives me at the last hour of the most desired pleasures»
Autograph letter signed « P Verlaine » to Adrien Remacle
Paris, 22 7bre [September] 1895, 1 p. in-8° on laid bi-folio
« Please note that I live at 39 rue Descartes »
Autograph letter signed « P. Verlaine » to Armand Gouzien
Paris-Montmartre, [September-October 1871], 2 p. in-8°
« My wife, who is pregnant, was horribly unwell last night and I was on my feet and on my teeth »
Original albumin print mounted on thin card
Lymington, 1879.
Name card format (100 x 60 mm).
Ex-dono autograph by Verlaine on verso
Unpublished portrait which has never been reproduced or reported on Verlaine’s main iconographic collections
Autograph letter signed « P. Verlaine », attached with an autograph poem signed, to Émile Bally
Paris, 31st January 1894, 3 p. in-12°
« I am sending you a little poem that you will kindly give to Mr London »
Corrected proofs for Bonheur by Paul Verlaine, accompanied with an autograph letter signed about the poem collection
[Léon VANIER] Paris, Léon Vanier, 1891, in-12°
“Jester! my books are selling well”
Original photograph of Paul Verlaine by Paul Marsan, known as Dornac
[Paris, 28 May 1892], 135 x 180 mm
Timeless portrait of Verlaine, sitting on a bench at café François 1er, in front of a large glass of absinthe
First draft autograph manuscript for two important poems
[Paris, Hôpital Broussais, late 1889] 3 pp. in-4 in black ink
“To all the winds from heaven or rather from hell”
Autograph post-card signed « Votre P. Verlaine » to Jules Rais
[Paris, 16, rue Saint-Victor], 15th March 1895, 1 p. in-8°
« I’m bedridden and can’t move from the bed »
Autograph card signed « P. Verlaine » to Edmond Lepelletier
Aix-les-Bains, 2nd September evenning [1889], 1 p. in-12
« I live as a savage »
Printed poem with autograph corrections, titled « À Horatio »
Newspaper clipping Le Hanneton from 8th August 1867. 63 x 80 mm mounted on larger sheet 193 x 152 mm.
“Ami, le temps n’est plus des guitares, des plumes…”
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