Lot no. 240
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Estimate: €350 - €800
BAUDELAIRE (Charles) : Les Epaves. Condemned plays. Galanteries - Epigraphs - Miscellaneous plays - Jesters. Outlawed literature - French books forbidden in France. Bruxelles, chez tous les libraires, 1866.
12 by 19 cm. (6)-frontispiece-163 pages. Contemporary bradel Veronese green half-percaline, smooth spine, brown title-piece, covers preserved. Minor damage to title page, corners slightly worn. A few rare brown spots.
Second edition, 500 copies on vellum. It was published in June, a few months after the first. Vicaire I, 348. It includes the 6 condemned pieces of the Fleurs du Mal, and 17 new poems.
Normally this edition does not include the frontispiece by Félicien Rops. In our copy the frontispiece is present, as is the page Explanation of the Frontispiece, printed in red, both leaves being on Chine.
The preserved covers are rare and precious (grey paper and red ink).
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