Charles Baudelaire - Amœnitates Belgicæ

Charles Baudelaire. Amœnitates Belgicæ. Epigrams. At Éditions Excelsior, Paris 1925, large 8vo (15.7 x 20.3 cm), complete. Binding signed "G. Kra" in black half-leather with bands, spine with 4 raised nerves, red morocco title pieces, date at foot, boards and endpapers of marbled paper, bookbinder's mark. Gilded top. Original edition, satirical epigrams written by Baudelaire during his stay in Belgium (1864-1866), published by François Montel, with the full text of two pieces previously truncated. Limited edition of 200 copies. Off-paper copy unnumbered. Enriched with the certified true copy, initialed, of the bailiff's report of December 1925, establishing the precedence of this edition over the rival edition from Librairie Fort. Condition: spine, caps and raised nerves rubbed. Some scratches on the boards. Interior uniformly browned. See photos for details. Number of pages: 66 pages (unpaginated) Careful shipment in rigid and watertight packaging.

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