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Baudelaire, Charles

The Flowers of the Mal

The Hague Arnhem, Van de Wiel, printed for De Zilverdistel

18.5 x 16 cm. 301 pages. Original blue morocco binding with spine title, gold cover vignette, and gilt head edges. (Signed: Oskar Blenkner, Emmendingen). - Charles Baudelaire's most famous volume of poetry. The first edition led to legal proceedings. Baudelaire was convicted of violating public morals, and further publication of six poems deemed offensive was banned. Beautiful, wide-margined press in 310 numbered copies. A flawless copy in a superb binding by Oskar Blenkner. - Carteret IV, 63.

1,500,- €

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