Gunther Stiller Pencil Signed and numbered Edition 125 of 550 Paul Verlaine Amies Freundinnen Erotic Poems In French and German Pub by Asmus 1965
Gunther Stiller Pencil Signed and numbered Edition 125 of 550 Paul Verlaine Amies Erotic Poems Johannes Asmus Hamburg 1965
“Les Amies is a booklet of poems by Paul Verlaine, secretly published under the pseudonym Pablo de Herlagnez in December 1867. It brings together six sonnets, most of them erotic, devoted to female homosexuality. This is the second collection published by Verlaine after Poèmes saturniens published in 1866.”
Amies is French for Friends
Freundinnen is German for Girlfriends.
Published by Johannes Asmus, Hamburg Germany in 1965. The book is a hardcover with red thread binding.
Edition of 550 and this one being 125 and is pencil signed by the artist Gunther Stiller in Pencil, “Stiller”.
His 6 lithographs illustrate the poems, French and then German on the previous page. The book was originally published with a cardboard slipcase, the slipcase for this is not available.
Binding is a red cloth with a red thread stitched binding. Front cover has inset label, please see the images.
Size: 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
Condition: Very Fine with tight binding and no markings inside. The Front and back cover are in VG condition with some signs of soiling from storage. Minor fading to the red cloth spine and some overall soiling on the front and back. Please see the images provided for more details.
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