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Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing all six suppressed poems, first...
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Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing all six suppressed poems, first issue with "Feurs" in headline on pp. 31 & 108, p.45 misnumbered "44", and with "captieux" the last word of the first line on p.201, half-title, title in red & black, book-label of John Clay with printed email from him to Barry Humphries offering him the book loosely inserted, contemporary half black morocco, spine titled in gilt with floral motifs in compartments and five raised bands, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly rubbed and marked, 12mo, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1857.
*** Issued in an edition of 1300 copies, of which 200 had the six censored poems removed following Baudelaire's prosecution.
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