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BAUDELAIRE (Charles).

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BAUDELAIRE (Charles).

Les Fleurs du Mal. Paris, Poulet-Malassis et De Broise, libraires-éditeurs, 4, rue de Buci, 1857. In-12 (166 x 108 mm) of (1) f. (faux-titre, in v° avis des éditeurs relatif au droit de traduction de l'ouvrage et noms des imprimeurs); (1) f. (red and black title with the publishers' mark printed in red, and an epigraph (6 verses) borrowed from Book II of Agrippa d'Aubigné's Tragiques); 248 pp. (including dedication to Théophile Gautier ""Au poète impeccable au parfait magicien ès langue française..."") and (2) uncounted table pages. Brown chagrin, four-ribbed spine, author's name and title gilt (later binding, covers not preserved). Rare first edition with first printing errors (""Feurs"" for ""Fleurs"" in the running title on pages 31 and 108, page 45 miscalculated 44 and ""captieux"" p. 201). Complete with the 6 plays condemned on August 20, 1857 by the Tribunal de la Seine: Les Bijoux, Le Léthé, A celle qui est trop gaie, Lesbos, Femmes damnées (1e partie), Les Métamorphoses du Vampire. A very good copy.

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€2,000 - €3,000

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€4,200

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