Charles Baudelaire — Les Fleurs du mal

Leather. A beautiful limited edition of Charles Baudelaire's collection of French poetry, illustrated with five splendid colour plates by Chimot and bound by Hatchards of Piccadilly. A numbered limited edition on Japanese paper, with only one hundred and fifty copies produced; the number of this example is not quite legible.First appearing in 1857, this is a collection of Charles Baudelaire's poetry. Controversial upon publication, with many poems censored due to immorality, it is now considered a classic of French poetry, relating to eroticism, decadence and death.This edition contains five original illustrations in colour by Edouard Chimot reproduced in heliogravure.113p - Paris : Rombaldi, 1935. - Zeer goed