The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire (Collector's Edition)

Beautiful, well made and designed book, written by the great French poet Baudelaire. Fine and genuine leather bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Published by Easton Press, 1977 First Edition. First Printing. Condition: Mint. Fine. Like New. The second page has an ex libris (label) from the publisher (Easton Press) with owner's signature on the label. 1103g. 18x29x3.5cm. This book is printed on archival quality paper especially milled for this collector’s edition with gilded edges made to last well into future generations. The end sheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.The majority of the 163 poems comprising Flowers of Evil were first published in a score of periodicals, beginning with at least two in an 1846 issue of L'Artiste and continuing through the year of Baudelaire's death, when one of the poems appeared in La Revue du XIXe Siècle. An 1855 issue of La Revue des Deux-Mondes contained the first large number (eighteen poems) to appear in a single publication. The first edition of Les Fleurs du Mal (Flowers of Evil) under that title was brought out in 1857 by Auguste Poulet-Malassis of Alençon. The second edition (1861), from which six of the earlier poems were excluded by court order, contained thirty-five additions. Five more poems appeared in the third edition, published posthumously (1868). The translations selected for this volume are the work of thirty-three poets, and range in date of publication from 1882 to 1950. An edition was first published by The Limited Editions Club in 1940; a new edition, completed by the addition of five poems and illustrated by Pierre-Yves Trémois, appeared in 1971 (copyright © by The Limited Editions Club). This Collector's Edition was published by advance reservation exclusively for subscribers to The Easton Press collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. The frontispiece portrait was specially commissioned © 1977 by The Easton Press.