[Charles BAUDELAIRE]. Edgar POE. Histoires extraordinaires. - Lot 5

[Charles BAUDELAIRE]. Edgar POE. Histoires extraordinaires. Translation by Charles Baudelaire. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1856. In-12, eggplant half-chagrin, four-ribbed spine decorated with gilded fillets, speckled edges (period binding). First edition of Charles Baudelaire's translation. First of five volumes published between 1856 and 1865. Much of Baudelaire's literary life was devoted to translating his American brother's work into Guignon. "De Maistre and Edgar Poe taught me how to reason," he confessed in Fusées. A fine copy in contemporary binding from the library of Youki Desnos, with bookplate. Minor bumps to headpieces. . Edgar POE. Histoires extraordinaires. Translation by Charles Baudelaire. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1856. In-12, eggplant half-chagrin, four-ribbed spine decorated with gilt fillets, speckled edges (period binding). First edition of Charles Baudelaire's translation. First of five volumes published between 1856 and 1865. Much of Baudelaire's literary life was devoted to translating his American brother's work into Guignon. "De Maistre and Edgar Poe taught me how to reason," he confessed in Fusées. A fine copy in contemporary binding from the library of Youki Desnos, with bookplate. Minor bumps to headbands.