BAUDELAIRE (Charles). The Wrecks of Charles... - Lot 152 - Crait + Müller

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BAUDELAIRE (Charles). The Wrecks of Charles... - Lot 152 - Crait + Müller
BAUDELAIRE (Charles). The Wrecks of Charles Baudelaire. Condemned pieces. Gallantries. Epigraphs. Various pieces. Jesters. Bruxelles, chez tous les libraires (Imprimerie Vanderauwera), 1874. In-12, [2] ff (title and title)-163 pp. preceded and followed by 2 endpapers, LAS inserted between the first and the second endpaper, explanation of the frontispiece (printed in red), etching in frontispiece by Félicien Rops. Bound in red half-maroquin with corners, spine with 5 nerves, gilt lettering on the spine, boards covered with gilt marbled paper. Dimensions of the book : 112 x 180 mm ; dimensions of the binding : 122 x 186 mm. Second edition, decorated with a frontispiece by Félicien Rops, of the poems removed by court judgment from the first edition of Les Fleurs du mal. The first edition of Les Epaves appeared in 1866 (Amsterdam, à l'enseigne du Coq [Bruxelles, Poulet-Malassis]). Copy with a signed autograph letter (LAS) from Charles Baudelaire to his mother Madame Aupick, inserted between the first and second endpapers, format in-12, undated (May 28, 1842, postal delivery stamps), 1 page written and addressed [Madame Aupick. A l'Ecole d'Etat Major. Rue de Grenelle St Germain]. Baudelaire writes: "My dear little Mother, I am a little indisposed and cannot go anywhere for dinner, not even to your house. You can guess how much it pains me. I kiss you several times for compensation. C. Baudelaire". Baudelaire had interrupted his trip to Calcutta, where his father-in-law Mr. Aupick had arranged to send him away from Paris, deciding to return to France. He landed in Bordeaux on February 16, 1842. This letter dates from a few months after his return to Paris. This dating was made possible thanks to the research of Mr. Mario Mordente, expert in postmarks and philately.
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