Les Fleurs du Mal
Bibliographic record 0314
Author
Baudelaire, Charles
Title
Les Fleurs du Mal
Statement of responsibility
Précédées d'une notice par Théophile Gautier
Place of publication
París
Publisher
Calmann-Lévy
Series
Œuvres complètes de Charles Baudelaire
Printer
Paul Brodard, Coulommiers
Publication date
Ca. 1918
Imprint statement
Paris : Calmann-Lévy, 3, rue Auber, [ca. 1918]
Language
French
Edition
Édition définitive
Print run
A further 50 copies of this edition were printed on Holland paper, numbered
Collation
338 p.
Illustrations
Engraved portrait of Baudelaire as frontispiece (printed by Ch. Wittmann) and facsimile of an autograph note by Baudelaire
Maps
Does not contain
Format
Not identified
Dimensions
18,5 × 12 cm
Printer's signatures
No observadas en las imágenes aportadas
Paper type
Wove paper
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Roman type; text in continuous lines; definitive edition with the variants of 1857, 1861 and 1866
Notes on physical description
Paper lightly yellowed
Binding type
Cloth binding
Materials
Cloth over boards
Colours
Maroon, with gilt fillets and lettering on the spine
Decoration
Plain boards; gilt fillets on the spine; initials «A. G.» stamped in gilt at the foot of the front board
Spine
Smooth spine divided by gilt fillets; «BAUDELAIRE / LES FLEURS DU MAL» in gilt
Endpapers
Geometric patterned paper
Notes
Cloth rubbed at caps and edges; text block firm
Content description
Definitive edition of Charles Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal, preceded by Théophile Gautier's celebrated biographical and critical notice, within Calmann-Lévy's Œuvres complètes. It incorporates the variants of the 1857, 1861 and 1866 editions and includes the condemned pieces and posthumous additions, as well as A. de Custine's letter to the poet. It opens with an engraved portrait of the author.
General notes
Definitive edition of Les Fleurs du Mal with Théophile Gautier's notice (Calmann-Lévy, Paris), printed by Paul Brodard in Coulommiers around 1918. Frontispiece with an engraved portrait of Baudelaire and a facsimile of an autograph note by the poet. Cloth binding; on the half-title, the autograph signature of Alfred Gallart dated 26 August 1919. From his library.
Main subject
French literature
Subsubjects
Poetry; 19th-century French poetry; Baudelaire; Symbolism
Keywords
Baudelaire; Les Fleurs du Mal; Théophile Gautier; Calmann-Lévy; poetry; definitive edition
Shelfmark
0314
Condition
Good; text block firm and complete; cloth rubbed at caps and edges
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Autograph signature «Alfred Gallart» in ink, dated «26-8-19», on the half-title; initials «A. G.» stamped in gilt at the foot of the front board
Manuscript annotations
Not identified
Dedications
Not identified
Stamps
Not identified
Restorations
Not identified