Autograph Document, signed “A. Rimbaud” , receipt for 3,000 Thalers from Ato Tesamma for the account of M. Savouré, Harar, 12 fevrier 1889
$35,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller
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1 page in ink, 3 lines, signed with flourishes. 8vo. Short split, with old tape repair along verso. Near fine. Boxed with portrait. Item #367193 A choice memorandum from the final part of Arthur Rimbaud’s adventurous years in Yemen and Ethiopia, where he worked variously as a merchant, coffee trader, and arms dealer. Barely two decades after Richard F. Burton entered the city of Harar in disguise and at considerable risk, Rimbaud first
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