Jehan RICTUS ...Le Coeur populaire... Paris, Rey, 1914. In-8 - Lot 190

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Jehan RICTUS ...Le Coeur populaire... Paris, Rey, 1914. In-8 - Lot 190
Jehan RICTUS ...Le Coeur populaire... Paris, Rey, 1914. In-8, black banded half-chagrin, spine with 4 ornate nerves, gilt head, cover and spine (Binding of the period). Lh., 517 /// 222-(1f.). First edition of Rictus's last major collection of poetry. One of 125 first copies on Japon Impérial (no. 30), these containing a fine etched portrait by Steinlen and 5 leaves reproducing 3 letters by Mallarmé and Samain. Gabriel Randon, known as Jean Rictus, was forced to do all sorts of jobs to earn a living before he met Albert Samain, a paper-pusher like himself at Paris City Hall, who encouraged him to publish poems. His literary career began in 1892 with contributions to various magazines, and ended in 1914 with Le Coeur populaire, his last collection of poems. Binding a little rubbed, facsimiles foxed.
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