VERLAINE PAUL / Signed Letter / Autograph

  

Signed autograph letter addressed to the novelist and poet Catulle Mendès regarding a shipment of volumes of his poetry. Paul Verlaine speaks of his pleasure in rereading Mendès's beautiful verses. "I was away from France and all literature, I devoured them and devoured them again with great pleasure! Split between the sheets with no impact on reading (see photos). Sold with an export certificate.