Lot n° 92
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Charles BAUDELAIRE. Les Fleurs du mal. Paris, Poulet-Malassi - Lot 92
Charles BAUDELAIRE. Les Fleurs du mal. Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1857. In-12, half red basane, spine with 4 ornate nerves (Period binding).
Carteret, I-118 / Launay (Bulletin du bibliophile, 1979, p. 524) / Vicaire, I-341 /// (2f.)-248-(2f.).
First edition complete with the six condemned poems: Les Bijoux, Le Léthé, À celle qui est trop gaie, Lesbos, Femmes damnées (1ère partie), Les Métamorphoses du vampire.
A first-edition copy with the running title on pages 31 and 108 misprinted as Feurs for Fleurs, page 45 misprinted as 44 and page 201 misprinted as captieux for captious. The copy lacks the two extremely rare errors on the title page and page 12.
Copy in strictly contemporary binding.
Spine faded with rubbed top cover; a very pale stain on one leaf (p. 139/140).
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