[BAUDELAIRE] BOYER, Philoxène (1829-1867)
Autograph letter signed “Ph. Boyer” to Charles Asselineau
N.d.n.p, 1 p. 1/2 in-8, with autograph address
“I am in despair”
Autograph letter signed “Ph. Boyer” to Charles Asselineau
N.d.n.p, 1 p. 1/2 in-8, with autograph address
“I am in despair”
Etching depicting the poet
[Second edition of The Flowers of evil – March 1861], 1 p. in-12°
Famous portrait by Bracquemond for the second edition of The Flowers of evil
Period albumen print
[Paris, between late 1861 and early 1862]. Wet stamp « Et. Carjat »
Étienne Carjat’s masterpiece, the only known period print
Autograph letter signed « Gve Flaubert » to Jules Sandeau
Croisset, 26 January [1862], 2 p. in-8 on blue laid paper
« Yesterday I received a letter from Baudelaire inviting me to ask for your voice for his candidacy to the Academy »
Autograph letter signed twice « Paul Verlaine » to Léon Deschamps
Paris, 23rd August 1892, 3 p. in-12° on bi-folio
« Baudelaire was my dearest fanaticism and is, that is to say, will remain one of my greatest admiration »
Autograph letter signed « Paul Verlaine » to Léon Deschamps
Paris, 19th October 1890, 1 p. in-8°
« I had accompanied, very young and all obscure as I was, the coffin of Baudelaire »
Autograph letter signed « Emile Zola » [to Léon Deschamps]
Paris, 20th March 1893, 1 p. in-8° on laid paper
« A few usual banal lines about Baudelaire… »
Autograph manuscript signed « Léon Daudet »
N.p.n.d [Paris, June 1932], 4 pp. large in-4°
« Manet is the beauty of colour, the celebration of the decomposition of light through the prism »
Autograph letter signed « CB » to his mother, Madame Aupick
[Paris] 31st December 1863, 4 pp. in-8, additional post-scriptum attached
“The only feeling I still feel like I’m living by is a vague desire for fame, revenge, and fortune”
Autograph letter signed « C.B. » to his mother, Madame Aupick
[Brussels], « Monday 13th November 1865 », 4 p. in-8°
« I feel forgotten. I am sad. I’m no longer good for anything. I’m bored to death »
Autograph letter signed « Charles » to his mother, Madame Aupick
[Paris], « Wednesday » [28th October 1863], 1 p. in-8°
« I distrust the Belgians »
Autograph letter signed « Charles » to his mother, Madame Aupick
[Paris], 1st July 1853, 3 p. in-8°
« What is quite certain is that I no longer want to give anything to chance in my life, and that I claim that the will occupies the full extent of it »
[Second notice on] Pierre Dupont – Corrected proof
[Paris] 6th June 1861 [stamped], 11 p. in-8vo bradel
“The public was so tired of Victor Hugo’s tireless faculties, his indestructible beauties”
Autograph letter signed “Ch. Baudelaire” to F. Bichet
[Paris], 4 February 1860, 1/2 p. in-8
“The second part of Opium…”
Autograph letter signed « Charles Baudelaire » to Alphonse de Calonne
[Paris], 23rd February [18]64, 1 p. in-8° on blue paper
« A heavy work, I assure you, but of which I am quite happy »
Autograph letter signed « Nadar » to Léon Deschamps
[Paris], 28th January 1895, 1 p. in-4
« Do the impossible to come and take a look at the preliminaries of our exhibition Guys »
Autograph letter signed “Peladan” to Gabriel Mourey
[Nîmes, 3rd February 1888], 1 page in-8
“Knowing what Baudelaire didn’t translate: that’s the catch”
Autograph letter signed « Marcel Proust » to Robert de Billy
[Paris, second half of July, 1907] 5 pages in-8°
“But isn’t it enough that you are the appearance to rejoice a heart that flees from the truth?”
Autograph letter signed « Marcel Proust » to Marie Scheikévitch
Cabourg, [5th September 1912], 3 p. 1/2 in-8°
« Fortunately, I have no memory and I forget extremely quickly the people I liked »