VERLAINE (Paul), 1844–1896.

VERLAINE (Paul), 1844–1896. Autograph letter signed “P.V.,” [Bichat Hospital], Thursday, December 6, 1894, [to Philomène Boudin], 2 pp., square in-12. A beautiful letter from Verlaine, who was hospitalized at Bichat, to Philomène Boudin, known as Esther, one of the two companions who shared the poet’s final years. Having been hospitalized for a few days, Verlaine invites his lover to come see him and, with his usual meticulousness, gives her detailed directions: “Why don’t you c

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