Les Soirs d’Opium. Poesies.

Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile L'Edition, 1921.
First Edition.

29.5cm x 19.5cm. [iv], 164, [4] pages, 12 colour plates, black and white illustrations in the text. Full green leather with the original wrappers bound in, gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, slipcase. Text is in French.

Opium Evenings. Poems by Maurice Magre, illustrated by Chimot, whose opium-smoking and softly erotic (including some lesbian) illustrations are considered amongst his finest. One of 383 numbered copies on Arches from a total edition of 500.

Spine discoloured, joints rubbed. Good Condition.

AU$600