BAUDELAIRE, Charles

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[BAUDELAIRE] BRACQUEMOND, Félix (1833-1914)

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

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[BAUDELAIRE] CARJAT, Étienne (1828-1906)

Period albumen print
[Paris, between late 1861 and early 1862]. Wet stamp « Et. Carjat »

Étienne Carjat’s masterpiece, the only known period print

EUR 90.000,-
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[BAUDELAIRE] FLAUBERT, Gustave (1821-1880)

Autograph letter signed « Gus 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 »

EUR 6.500,-
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[BAUDELAIRE] VERLAINE, Paul (1844-1896)

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 »

EUR 3.900,-
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[BAUDELAIRE] VERLAINE, Paul (1844-1896)

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 »

EUR 15.000,-
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[MANET] DAUDET, Léon (1867-1942)

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 »

EUR 950,-
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BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867)

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”

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BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867)

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 »

EUR 17.000,-
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BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867)

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 »

EUR 14.000,-
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BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867)

[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”

EUR 17.500,-
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BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867)

Autograph letter signed “Ch. Baudelaire” to F. Bichet
[Paris], 4 February 1860, 1/2 p. in-8

“The second part of Opium…”

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BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867)

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 »

EUR 6.500,-
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NADAR, Félix Tournachon, dit (1820-1910)

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 »

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PELADAN, Joséphin (1858-1918)

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”

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PROUST, Marcel (1871-1922)

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?”

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PROUST, Marcel (1871-1922)

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 »

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