Manet, Édouard ; Bracquemond, Félix ; Courbet,... Lot n° 11

ASSELINEAU, Charles Charles Baudelaire, sa vie, son oeuvre. Paris Lemerre 1869 In-12 (pale russeting and a few stains passim). Modern red cloth (qqs min. white spots), brown leather stretcher on the smooth spine, yellow cover and spine cons. Original edition printed in a small number. Copy on strong vellum paper. This first biography of Baudelaire, published two years after the poet's death, is illustrated with 5 out-of-text portraits: 2 original etchings by Édouard Manet and 3 engraved by Bracquemont after Gustave Courbet, a self-portrait and Émile Deroy. Ref. Talvart & Place I:106. - Vicar I:129. - Carteret XXth c., V:25 (reports the edition on laid paper). Joint: Nadar - Charles Baudelaire intime. The virgin poet. Paris, Blaizot, 1911. In-8°. Green half-percaline bradel, burgundy leather stretcher, upper cover on boards. First edition. Illustrated with 5 out-of-text portraits. 1/250 (of) 271 n. on Arches vellum. (2 vols.)