[MATISSE (Henri)] - BAUDELAIRE (Charles). The Flowers of Evil. [Paris] : The French Library, [1947]. - In-4, 283 x 225: 169 pp., (3 ff. 2 last blanks), illustrated cover. Paperback, filled cover, editor's folder and case. Duthuit, Matisse, catalogue des ouvrages illustrés, n° 19. Belle édition illustrée par Henri MATISSE (1869-1954), comprising an original etching on china in frontispiece, printed by Lacourière, 2 compositions on the cover, 10 full-page and 69 ornaments including 33 lettrins, woodcut and printed by Théo Schmied, as well as 33 full-page photo-lithographs . Matisse chose to base his illustration on the female face. This is how the frontispiece and the first 32 full-page compositions, the last one representing Baudelaire's portrait, are portraits of women. As Duthuit points out (p. 130), the artist was inspired by three models, namely "Carmen, of Haitian origin, A. Nelck, whose features already accompany Reverdy's poems, and Lydia Delectorskaya, his customary model". Limited edition of 320 numbered copies on Rives paper, signed by Henri Matisse at the justification. Perfectly preserved copy. Slightly browned cover.