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By Baudelaire's Own Hand

Published on , by Claire Papon
Auction on 22 November 2019 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Known to Baudelaire specialist Yves Le Dantec, this copy of Les Fleurs du mal features a ninth unpublished manuscript verse following the poem "Les Bijoux".

Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), Les Fleurs du mal, Paris, 1857, original edition... By Baudelaire's Own Hand

Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867), Les Fleurs du mal, Paris, 1857, original edition in-12, first edition, period binding of ivy green percaline; sent to Gaston de Saint-Valry.
Estimate: €60,000/80,000

Published by Auguste Poulet-Malassis on 25 June 1857, Les Fleurs du mal is one of the best-known books in French poetry. This complete copy of the first edition includes six poems that were banned and deleted…
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