Charles Baudelaire / Léonor Fini - Les Fleurs du Mal - 1964

Superb numbered edition (no. 8/15) on laid paper (this one one of the 15 without the original drawing, the drawing refused and the announced sequel) and illustrated with 23 original color off-text lithographs by Léonor Fini (out of 24) -

First published in 1857, this work revolutionizes the literature of its time with its thematic audacity, its evocative power and its search for poetic beauty even in the darkest aspects of existence -

Baudelaire explores the contradictions of the human condition, the torments of the soul, melancholy, loving desire, sensuality, death, sin, solitude and the passage of time -

Organized around several major sections, notably “Spleen and Ideal”, “Wine”, “Flowers of Evil”, “Revolt” and “Death”, the collection expresses the ongoing struggle between the aspiration to spiritual elevation and the attraction of earthly pleasures -

Charles Baudelaire / Léonor Fini - Les Fleurs du Mal - 1964 - Le Cercle du Livre Précieux -
[6], 294, [4] Pages.

Very good condition of the binding, loose-leaf volume in its printed wrap and the publisher’s cloth slipcase with a Kashmire-type decorative pattern, smooth spine titled in black on the title piece -

Very good interior condition, volume enriched with 23 original color lithographs off-text by Léonor Fini (out of 24), edition 501 copies on laid paper, this one is one of the 15 without the original drawing, the drawing refused and the announced sequel (no. 8/15), clean text, fresh interior -

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