Symbolist poet Jean Lahor (Henri Cazalis) - Complete collection

Description

Comprehensive collection of works by Jean Lahor (Henri Cazalis, 1840-1909), French Symbolist poet and physician. Includes nine published volumes: L'Illusion (1893, 193 pp.), La Gloire du Néant (1896, 251 pp.), Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali (1896, 84 pp.), Histoire de la littérature hindoue (1888, 379 pp.), L'Art nouveau (1901, 104 pp.), Œuvres choisies with biography (c.1909, 315 pp.), Jean Lahor, philosophie poétique et action sociale (1908, 102 pp.), Souvenir de Jean Lahor (37 pp.), and L'Œuvre de Jean Lahor (1912, 43 pp.). Also includes conference L'Avenir de la Cité (1907, 8 pp.) in two copies and Le Jubilé de M. Pasteur (1893, 7 pp.). Condition varies from fine to fragile spines; some wear to bindings. Enriched with autograph letter to Fernand Gregh, 6 manuscript pages, amateur photograph of Cazalis, and press clippings. Lahor combined medical practice (treated Maupassant and Verlaine) with Symbolist poetry exploring themes of death, literature, and social philosophy.