VERLAINE Paul (1844-1896). Invectives (Paris, Léon Vanier, 1896); in-12, wine-leather morocco, smooth spine, title in Chinese style, interior framed with a gilt fillet, gilt head, cover and spine preserved (period binding). First edition. One of the 71 copies on Hollande paper (justified and signed by Léon Vanier), enriched with an autograph poem signed : Conseils (11th poem of the collection, 1 page in-8) : " Ghil is a Moréas imbecile ".... It is also illustrated with 9 original watercolors, four of which represent Verlaine, signed H. THIRIEZ in an Art Nouveau style. Invectives, published shortly after Verlaine's death, is a collection of poems in which Verlaine settles his accounts with his contemporaries. As in the autograph poem bound at the beginning of the volume, which René GHIL is the target. Verlaine reproaches him for being a "schoolmaster instead of being a poet like Father Hugo". Repairs, yellowing, spine unstained.