Title: Theophile Gautier: Notice Litteraire Precedee d'une Lettre de Victor Hugo Author: Baudelaire, Charles Place: Paris Publisher: Poulet-Malassis et de Broise Date: 1859 Description: [viii], 68 pp. Etched portrait by Emile Therond. (8vo) 18.5x12 cm (7¼x4¾"), later cloth-backed mottled boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Scarce study of Gautier by the poet, essayist and critic, the author of Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil), Charles Baudelaire Gautier's frequent meditations on death and the horror of life are themes which influenced Baudelaire writings. In gratitude for their friendship and commonality of vision, Baudelaire dedicated Les Fleurs du Mal to Gautier. Lot Amendments Condition: Boards edge worn, free endpapers detached; foxing; very good. Item number: 240670
Title: Theophile Gautier: Notice Litteraire Precedee d'une Lettre de Victor Hugo Author: Baudelaire, Charles Place: Paris Publisher: Poulet-Malassis et de Broise Date: 1859 Description: [viii], 68 pp. Etched portrait by Emile Therond. (8vo) 18.5x12 cm (7¼x4¾"), later cloth-backed mottled boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Scarce study of Gautier by the poet, essayist and critic, the author of Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil), Charles Baudelaire Gautier's frequent meditations on death and the horror of life are themes which influenced Baudelaire writings. In gratitude for their friendship and commonality of vision, Baudelaire dedicated Les Fleurs du Mal to Gautier. Lot Amendments Condition: Boards edge worn, free endpapers detached; foxing; very good. Item number: 240670
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