Baudelaire, Charles - Redon, Odilon. - *Les Fleurs du Mal*, - Lot 502

Baudelaire, Charles - Redon, Odilon. - *Les Fleurs du Mal*, illustrations by Odilon Redon. Brussels: Edmond Deman, 1890. Folio-sized hardcover portfolio, illuminated handwritten title (vertical), original blue paper covers preserved, volume mounted on tabs—the original portfolio is missing, tear at the bottom of the portfolio, stains on both covers of the portfolio, tears in 5 mounting tabs, including the front cover — 9 plates by Odilon Redon, etched using Léon Évely’s process, including the first plate reproduced as a heliogravure on the cover. Deluxe print on Japanese paper (45 x 32 cm). First edition of the Redon plates. Copy without colophon. It appears there were 10 print runs on Japanese paper