Renée Vivien - Evocations [Reliure signée Henri Noulhac] - 1903

A fine copy, well-established, in a well-made binding signed Henri Noulhac (1866-1931), executed in the Bradel style in ebony half-morocco. Smooth spine decorated with the title and author in gilt letters on the spine. Wood-effect boards. Gilt top edge. Covers and spine preserved.

First edition of this collection of poems celebrating lesbian love, published by the poet Renée Vivien, nicknamed “Sapho 1900”.

A handwritten sheet (unsigned) containing a poem by the author is attached.

"During her brief life, Renée published her first collection under the pen name "R. Vivien," a name that became, over the course of her publications, "René Vivien" and finally Renée Vivien. Prolific, she was nicknamed the "Muse of Violets," for her love of this flower (and the color violet), the obsession with which is an evocation of Violet Shillito, her childhood friend. Her first collection of poems, Studies and Preludes, appeared in 1901. Her subsequent verses, including sonnets and hendecasyllables, sing of lesbian love. Her poetry, of a thinly veiled autobiographical nature, aroused, like the works of Natalie Barney, a growing interest among a growing public."

Condition: Binding in good condition, minor rubbing to the headcaps and joints. Small white mark on the joint. Slightly yellowed publishing paper, no foxing. A fine copy.

Renée Vivien
Evocations
Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1903
in-8 (18.5 x 13 cm); 164pp. 1f.

Condition: Beautiful Moroccan binding by Crezevault EO Renee Vivien Poetry Lesbianism Sapphism Curiosa 1903