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Baudelaire, Charles
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6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- Baudelaire, Charles
- Les Fleurs du Mal. Paris: Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1857.
- ink and paper
12mo (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.; 190 x 120mm.), half-title, title printed in red and black. Dark blue morocco by Alix, gilt fillets, edges gilt, silk embroidered endpapers, with red floral design on black ground, original wrappers (in first state) bound in, slipcase.
Catalogue Note
First edition, first issue of Les Fleurs de Mal. one of the iconic poetic works of the 19th century.
Complete with the 'six pieces condamnées' whose removal was ordered only six weeks or so after publication (Les Bijoux, Le Léthé, A celle qui est trop gaie, Femmes damnées, Lesbos and Les Métamorphoses du vampire).
Complete with the 'six pieces condamnées' whose removal was ordered only six weeks or so after publication (Les Bijoux, Le Léthé, A celle qui est trop gaie, Femmes damnées, Lesbos and Les Métamorphoses du vampire).
An elegant copy.