BAUDELAIRE CHARLES: (1821-1868) French Poet, a... Lot 656
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BAUDELAIRE CHARLES: (1821-1868) French Poet, a pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. A very fine A.L.S., `C. Baudelaire´, one page, 8vo, n.p. [Paris], n.d. [22nd May 1843], to his mother, Madame Aupick, in French. Baudelaire, as so often, is without money and states `Mes 80 francs sont revenus hier soir au logis. J´ai payé ce matin le billet du tapissier. Je n´ai plus un sol et j´ai plusieures choses a payer´ (''My 80 francs came back to me at home last night. I paid this morning for the upholsterer's invoice. I no longer have money and I have several things to pay'') Small age wear and light staining. With left edge professionally repaired to the verso. G At the time of the present letter, May 1843 Baudelaire had started recently writing his Les Fleurs du Mal.
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