VERLAINE (Paul). Poésies. Paris, l'Artisan de livre, 1926. In-8, edition illustrated with a drypoint portrait of the author by Edgar Chahine. Preface by Paul Tuffrau. Limited edition of 1,530 numbered copies, this one a nominative copy on paper for Mme Elvire Choureau containing a second state of the drypoint on Japon paper signed in pencil by the artist. Vintage full gray box binding, 4 ribbed spine, red box lined boards with gilt filleting, red leather endpapers, double marbled paper endpapers, covers and spine preserved, signed Marot-Rodde. In a slipcase lined with the same leather. Provenance: Bibliothèque Elvire Choureau. (nerves, spine and edges of case rubbed). Expert: Mr. Nicolas Asvisio