LE CARDONNEL (Louis), DE L'UNE A L'AUTRE AURORE, POEMES. - Lot 215

LE CARDONNEL (Louis), DE L'UNE A L'AUTRE AURORE, POEMES. Paris, Mercure de France, 1924. In-12, sandy morocco, covers richly decorated with gilded fillets and leaves, inner morocco frames, gold embroidered silk double endpaper, cover and spine (De Mouveaux). ORIGINAL EDITION, rare, as are all the works of Le Cardonnel (1862-1936), known as frère Anselme; a native of Valence in the Drôme, he was a close friend of Verlaine and contributed to numerous journals of the period. The 2 states of the Mercure covers have been bound at the beginning of the volume. Untrimmed copy numbered (24) on Hollande. Bound in the suite: COULON (Marcel). LOUIS LE CARBONNEL, Poet and Priest. Portrait on copperplate by Maurice Robert. Uzès, éditions de la Cigale, 1937. One of 10 copies (#4) on Auvergne containing an AUTOGRAPHIC LETTER FROM THE POET and a hors-texte by Maurice Robert. Covers and spine preserved. Ex-libris Varille. A very fine copy in a fine decorated binding by Maurice de Mouveaux.