Charles BAUDELAIRE

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, sextuple blind-stamped fillets framing the boards, title and vignette depicting an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt at the center of the front board, corners very slightly bumped, yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Honoré de Balzac and Charles Baudelaire among others.
8-page journal abundantly illustrated with woodcuts by the greatest artists of the time.
One torn page with loss to text at No. 689
Our copy is complete with the large double-page folding engraving.
Very handsome copy in its rare publisher's...

First edition.
Contemporary soft grey mouse-colored cardboard binding, original wrappers preserved.
Contributions by C. Baudelaire "L'Esprit et le style de M. de Villemain, publié par M. Jacques Crépet", G.-C. Cros "Poésies", C. Derennes "H.-G. Wells et le peuple Marsien", R. de Gourmont, Rachilde, P. Quillard, M.-A. Leblond "La Philosophie de M. Félix le Dantec", H. de Régnier "Le divan", Péladan "Les trois traités doctrinaux de Dante", A.-Ferdinand Hérold.
Handsome interior condition.
The 'Mercure de France' was originally a French review, founded in the 17th century under the name 'Mercure Galant', which evolved to become, in the 20th century, a publishing house.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies, of this offprint from 'Manuscrit autographe'.
Iconography, facsimile.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Autograph inscription from the author on the front cover.
Handsome copy.