BAUDELAIRE (Charles). *Les Fleurs du mal*. Paris, Poulet-Mal - Lot 319

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BAUDELAIRE (Charles). *Les Fleurs du mal*. Paris, Poulet-Mal - Lot 319
BAUDELAIRE (Charles). *Les Fleurs du mal*. Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1857, 12mo, blue Bradel-style half-percale, spine decorated with a gilt fleur-de-lis, red morocco title label, case and modern blue cloth slipcase (contemporary binding). First edition and second edition bound together. A beautiful presentation copy from Baudelaire to Émile Deschanel, a memento from an old classmate. Émile Deschanel (1819–1904), father of future President Paul Deschanel, was a classmate of Charles Baudelaire at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Exiled to Brussels in 1852 for his opposition to Louis Napoleon, he gave lectures on literature attended by, among others, Victor Hugo, Edgar Quinet, and Alexandre Dumas. A copy extensively annotated in pencil by Émile Deschanel. The recipient of the book has carefully pasted an article from *L’Indépendant* at the bottom of the half-title page, detailing the grounds for the judgment of the Tribunal de la Seine sentencing Baudelaire to a fine and ordering the removal of six pieces. Our edition conforms in every respect to the first printing, including the typographical errors and the condemned poems. The only omission is the extremely rare error on page 12: “s’enhardissent” instead of “s’enhardissant.” The second edition, bound as a continuation: Expanded with 35 new poems and adorned with a portrait of the author drawn and engraved by Bracquemond. Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1861. Copy with wide margins: 125 x 195 mm. Contemporary binding from the second edition (1861), without the cover. The endpapers have been replaced, and the original endpapers have been preserved. Provenance: Librairie Lardanchet, 1983. Indicates that the binding is by Féchoz.
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