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Sale 399: Illustrated & Children's Books - Fine Books in All Fields (#399) 03/12/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #287Les Fleurs de Mal

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Estimate: $250 - $350

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Sale 399: Illustrated & Children's Books - Fine Books in All Fields (#399) 03/12/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 03/12/2009 1:00 PM PDT

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zzf(Limited Editions Club)

Title:

Les Fleurs de Mal

Author:

Baudelaire, Charles

Place Published:

Paris

Publisher:

Limited Editions Club

Date Published:

1940

Description:

xvi, 278, [6] pp. Illustrated with collotype reproductions of illustrations by Auguste Rodin. 9x6¾, pale blue wrappers, glassine jacket. One of 1500 copies printed by J. Dumoulin in Paris.

Lovely edition of Baudelaire's poems in the original French. Though printed in 1940, not issued until later, due to the German occupation. Unlike most Limited Editions Club books, it was not issued with a slipcase.

Condition:

Glassine chipped; else fine.

Item#:

199807

Headline:

Les Fleurs de Mal illustrated by Rodin
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