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Les Fleurs du Mal
by Baudelaire, Charles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Veldhoven, Netherlands
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About This Item
Paris: Editions Rene Kieffer, 1920. Book. Illus. by Andre Domin. Near Fine. Hardcover. Full brown morocco with gilt decoration on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Raised bands. Light wear to upper band. Top edge gilt. Spine and upper edges somewhat faded. Silk end papers with minor spotting in decorated frame. Original colored wrapper bound in. With 26 color plates by Andre Domin. No. 419 of a limited edition of 485 copies. Printed on wove paper. Binding is tight and firm. Interior is clean, no marks or inscriptions. 21,5 x 18 cm. A splendid copy. .
Reviews
On Oct 13 2010, ElectricEel said:
So much has been written about these poems - and about this book as a cycle - that the only further help on the subject which I can offer to my fellow readers is a quotation from one of my teachers: "The Twentieth Century began in 1857." He didn't explain, and he didn't have to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Concept Books
(NL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001901
- Title
- Les Fleurs du Mal
- Author
- Baudelaire, Charles
- Illustrator
- Andre Domin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- Editions Rene Kieffer
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1920
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature France, Baudelaire, Fleurs du Mal, Flowers of Evil, Andre Domin.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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