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BAUDELAIRE, Charles Les fleurs du mal. Paris Revue...

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BAUDELAIRE, Charles Les fleurs du mal. Paris Revue des Deux Mondes 1855 In-8° : pp. 1079-1093. Bradel half brown long-grained morocco, pebbled paper boards, spine titled in gold throughout, qqs limin. ff. cons. Good, fresh copy. Pre-original edition of 18 poems, published in the June 1, 1855 issue of the "Revue des Deux Mondes". The original edition containing 100 poems was published at the end of June 1857 by Poulet-Malassis and De Broise, with the known judicial consequences: trial for "outrage to public morality" and "offence to religious morality", banning of 6 pieces called "condemned" which will remain so until 1949. Ex. bound with faux-title, title and table of contents of volume X, April 1, 1855. Ref. in French in the text, 276. Prov. Dr. André Van Bastelaer, Belgian bibliophile (bookplate on red leather).