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Manuscript in French in modern calligraphic Gothic bookhand on parchment, containing the poems of Paul-Marie Verlaine and Louis Gabriel Charles Vicaire in the hand of, and illuminated by, Alberto Sangorski (1862-1932). Decoration: Full-page portrait within a decorative oval, of a young woman holding a rose on page 4, and six roundels, semi-roundels, or cartouches containing bucolic scenes on pages 7, 8, 11, 14, 17 and 21. Major initials elaborately illuminated with gold, red, blue, purple, green, pink, and brown, minor initials supplied in red. Contents: 'Mon rêve familier' by Paul-Marie Verlaine; 'Jeunesse' and 'Cimetière de campagne' by Louis Gabriel Charles Vicaire. The first and final five leaves are blank. Colophon: Ce livre a été écrit / illustré et les / miniatures peintes / par / Alberto Sangorski / Londres. 1917 / This manuscript was executed by me Alberto Sangorski. Leaf size: 210 x 135 mm. The number of verse lines per page varies.

Referenced in: Private pleasures : illuminated manuscripts from Persia to Paris: the collection of Denys Spittle (Cambridge : Fitzwilliam Museum, [2007]) pp. 74-77. Potten, Edward, 'From Byzantium to Alberto Sangorski: Treasures from the Thomas Edward Watson Collection at the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds', The Book Collector, Autumn 2023, pp. 1-16 (pp. 14-16).