ID 859124
Lot 96 | BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867).
Estimate value
€ 8 000 – 12 000
Les Fleurs du mal. Paris : Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1857.
Édition originale, complète des pièces condamnées et avec les remarques de premier tirage.
Carteret Romantique et moderne I, 118 sq.
Précieux exemplaire truffé, dans une reliure à décor de cuir incisé par Charles Meunier.
L’exemplaire, relié à l’aube du XXe siècle comporte :
- 5 portraits de Baudelaire (gravé par Bracquemond d’après Émile de Roy, imprimé sur Chine ; gravé par Bracquemond d’après Baudelaire, imprimé sur Chine, épreuve avant la lettre ; gravé par Bracquemond, d’après Courbet imprimé sur Chine ; par Manet, 1862, imprimé sur Chine ; par Manet, 1865, imprimé sur Chine) ;
- Une suite de 10 planches à l’eau-forte par Alex Hannoteaux (Bruxelles, de Meuleneere, 1886), toutes portant un cachet rouge ;
- Une suite des 9 planches des Interprétations par Odilon Redon (Bruxelles, Denan, 1891), sur vélin
Grand in-12 (190 x 120 mm). Reliure signée Ch. Meunier : maroquin brun, large décor au cuir incisé aux deux plats montrant, sur un décor floral (houx, chardons, etc…), serpents et vanités s’entrelaçant, dos à nerfs et décor mosaïqué, doublures de satin bleu-gris à motif géométrique, bordure ornée de têtes de mort en écoinçon, fer floral, filet et pointillés dorés, tranches dorées. Sans les couvertures et feuillets blancs préliminaires.
Truffled copy, in a beautiful incised leather binding by Charles Meunier
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