Emile Verhaeren — Les Visages de la Vie

Paris, Societe du Mercure de France, 1908. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of poetry from Belgian writer Emile Verhaeren, in the original French. French. Third edition. A collection of poetry from Emile Adolphe Gustave Verhaeren, a Belgian poet and art critic who wrote in the French language. He was one of the founders of the school of Symbolism and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature on six occasions. Exploring the human condition and stages of life in the author's Symbolist style, with titles including: Joy, Clemency, Love, The Crowd, and Towards the Sea, amongst others. Bound in quarter crushed morocco with marbled boards, with the original paper wraps bound in. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the extremities. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .