Privat d'Anglemont/Baudelaire - Paris Inconnu - 1861

Privat d'Anglemont - Paris Unknown, preceded by a study on the author's life.
Adolphe Delahays, Bookseller-Publisher. 1862. Small octavo. 283 pages. Book in good condition, in its period half-leather binding. Fading on the covers and slight scuffs as visible in the photos. Solid and complete book, pleasant to consult.

Work comprising five sonnets attributed posthumously to Charles Baudelaire, and which are therefore presented here in a pre-original edition.

This emblematic work of 19th-century Paris, depicting the city's lesser-known neighborhoods, obscure trades, and unique figures, such as Le faubourg Saint-Jacques, the newspaper market, and the criers, offers a vivid portrait of popular and picturesque Paris. This edition, published after the author's death, is enriched with a study of his life, providing a valuable testimony on Parisian bohemia and the literary underworld.

Privat d’Anglemont, chronicler and flâneur, was one of the keenest observers of romantic Paris. Paris Inconnu is part of the tradition of urban narratives that inspired the realists, revealing the behind-the-scenes of Haussmannian Paris.