Two years after The Flowers of Evil, Baudelaire confidentially published a "literary notice" on Gautier for which he obtained a preface letter from Victor Hugo. Under its appearance of simple panegyric of the impeccable poet, this unique literary collaboration is the place of a major ideological fight between the two immense poets who sign here their respective manifestos: that of the art for the art against that of the art for the progress. Discover, through this exceptional copy offered to Paul Meurice, close friend of the two giants, the story of this tempestuous meeting between the Albatross and the Ocean Man.

First edition on ordinary paper, illustrated with drawings by Madeleine Lemaire including 14 inset, preface by Anatole France and scores by Reynaldo Hahn.

Bound in half red shagreen, spine in five compartments, marbled endpapers, large gilt lace tooling frame on the inner covers, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, gilt fillet on the leading edges, contemporary binding signed by Franz.

Taken in May 1938, this unpublished portrait has been printed only after WWII when the negatives of this amazing and latest photo shoot – organized despite the constant surveillance of the Gestapo – were recovered thanks to Anna Freud.

The question of the prevalence of one edition over the other, between the two first edition published on 1862, April, 3, in Bruxelles and Paris simultaneously, has long stirred the bibliophilic world and bibliographers remain divided on this thorny issue.

"Unless we assume that civilization suddenly stops, no one can say that our language will not undergo further processing." To predict these changes, Leon Bollack offers in 1903, more than a "language astrology," a comprehensive study of the "forces that will shape the future constitution of the French language" and "probable result".

". Omelet Tartine literary critic and nourishing" written by "Whoever" and published in 1868 by Armand Leo, announces its program from the motto: "We do Poas an omelette without breaking eggs - Also in. casserons us over the head of everyone "...

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