Auction on
04 November 2018 - 14:30 (CET) -
9-11, rue Royale - 77300 Fontainebleau
His "suicide note", the most poignant manuscript in a rich collection of documents evoking the accursed poet at Fontainebleau, is both a cry of distress and a declaration of love to his muse, Jeanne Duval. "I am killing myself because I can no longer live." An unloved child whose father died when he was young, profoundly...
Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), autograph letter signed "C. Baudelaire", to Narcisse Ancelle, with two autograph apostils by the latter, [Paris], 30 June 1845, 7 pp., 1/2 in-4, small splits in the folds and a few negligible perforations. Estimate: €60,000/80,000
Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), autograph letter signed "C. Baudelaire", to Narcisse Ancelle, with two autograph apostils by the latter, [Paris], 30 June 1845, 7 pp., 1/2 in-4, small splits in the folds and a few negligible perforations. Estimate: €60,000/80,000
His "suicide note", the most poignant manuscript in a rich collection of documents evoking the accursed poet at Fontainebleau, is both a cry of distress and a declaration of love to his muse, Jeanne Duval. "I am killing myself because I can no longer live." An unloved child whose father…
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