Paul Verlaine awaits confirmation of the death of Arthur Rimbaud. 1891.

Paul Verlaine (1844.1896)

Signed autograph letter.

One page in-12°.

[Paris] December 5 [18] 91

The poet declines an appointment: the rumor of the death of Arthur Rimbaud will be confirmed the next morning, December 6.

The man with the soles of wind is dead.

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“I regret not being able to receive you.

Most serious reasons for this.

Give me your address and I will write to you on a long time.

Your PV. »»

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The death of Rimbaud was announced in a Entrefilet in the echo of Paris: “ The death of Arthur Rimbaud is announced. He returned to France after a long absence, to be treated from a affection for the leg contracted in his travels. He died in the Rade de Marseille. ” And left the aneant poet.