Imitation half vellum over cloth, VG. 2 volumes. 359pp, 433pp, frontis to each volume, b/w illustrations in volume 2, index, corners bumped, paper a little browned, a nice, attractive set. Gernam edition of the French Poet Paul Verlaine's [1844 - 1896 ] complete works. considered a brilliant & ground breaking poet, Verlaine's life was troubled by alcoholism & the accidental shooting of his lover Arthur Rimbaud.

poetry, poems, french literature, literature