Verlaine, Paul. Series of 12 illustrated poems. 12 Bl. With 12 original etchings. 33 x 23 cm. Loose leaf in envelope with original etching from the front cover. O. O. 1920s. Graphic sequence of 12 poems by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896): Chanson d'automne, Avant que tu ne t'en ailles, Beams, Green, Kaléidoscope, Les Ingénus, Mon rêve familier, Soleils couchants, Spleen, Tournez, tournez , bons chevaux de bois etc. The illustrations in different plate formats (13 x 8 cm to 14 x 12.5 cm or 15 x 9 cm respectively) are not signed, their authorship could not by us In this context, the Commission has taken into account the following considerations: The leaves (made of two-sided uncircumcised Vélin paper) have an illustration on the front, and in black ink the corresponding poem. It is very likely that the portfolio is the original template for an unpublished book by De Brouwer in Bruges, a publishing house founded in 1877, which had a large reputation as a Catholic publishing house in the French language area between 1920 and 1946, and which included such authors as Charles Péguy, Paul Claudel and Julien Green. The Verlaine graphic sequence also dates back to that time and was in the 1974 auctioned inventory of the Palais De Brouwer, where the publishing house had its seat and the publishing family lived (see https://www.editionsddb.fr/pages/52/qui-sommes-nous/). – Refundless. – With: 9 further original etchings, numbered (10 ex.), partly signed ("El. ==References====External links== 28 x 19 cm (plate: 12 x 8 cm). Loose sheet. - Also from the legacy of the publishing house De Brouwer in Bruges. - Markant, gratige Drucke.