Charles BAUDELAIRE

First edition in French, translation by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no large paper copies.
Contemporary half purple calf over marbled paper boards, spine in six latticed compartments richly gilt with grotesque gilt frames, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
A good copy with hardly any spotting.
In an elegant contemporary binding, which is rare since most copies were bound rather modestly at the time.

First edition in French, translated by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no large paper copies.
Contemporary half brown shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in five compartments spotted in gilt and with double blindruled compartments, small repairs to head of joints, marbled endpapers and pasetdowns, ex libris inside upper cover.
A good copy almost entirely free of foxing.
In a charming contemporary binding, which is rare, most copies having been humbly bound at the time.

BAUDELAIRE Charles
Les Fleurs du Mal[The Flowers of Evil]
Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, Paris 1857, 12 x 19,5 cm, full black morocco
First edition, first issue, printed on vélin d'Angoulême paper, complete with the six suppressed pieces and the fault “Feurs du Mal” on pp. 31 and 108, as well as the pagination error on p. 45 (marked 44); with the very rare first or second state of the cover (cf. Clouzot).
Bound in full black morocco, spine in six compartments with triple blind-ruled frames, gilt date at foot, gilt at head, quintuple blind-ruled border on covers, gilt fillet to edges, broad gilt lace and double gilt fillets inside cover, marbled endpapers, wrappers and spine preserved, all edges gilt – a very elegant binding by Devauchelle.
A little light occasional foxing, principally on the two contents leaves.
The first and most significant volume of poetry by Baudelaire, the work was in part censored after publication for its “offensiveness to public, religious and moral values.” The 200 or so unsold copies were seized and had six poems cut out. A fundamental work of modern poetry, The Flowers of Evil prefigured the work of Lautréamont, Rimbaud, Verlaine and Mallarmé.
A superb copy in a perfect 20th century Jansenist binding.
$ 37 500

First edition.
Half red shagreen, spine in six compartments with double blind-ruled compartments, double blindruled fillets to covers, top edge gilt, upper cover stained, one upper corner a little bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, small lack to endpaper, ex libris laid down on verso of upper cover.
The first half-year of 1862, comprising several pre-first edition articles by Baudelaire which had appeared anonymously, including the famous "L'eau-Forte est à la mode" which served as the model for his article on Manet, "Peintres et aquafortistes".
A rare copy of this review published by Baudelaire's circle, established by Lorédan Larchey.

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 binding.

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.
Under the impetus of Rémy de Gourmont and Alfred Jarry, a literary review revived the name 'Mercure de France' in 1890 and offered symbolist texts, notably by Jean Moréas, Ernest Raynaud, Jules Renard, Louis Dumur. Gradually gaining recognition, this review published both the greatest Parnassians (Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé, Heredia, etc.) and witnessed the flowering of Jarry's Pataphysics.
The publishing house was born in its wake. It notably published the first works of Gide and Claudel, of Colette, of Apollinaire, of Georges Duhamel?

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.