PICART LE DOUX (Charles Alexandre) - BAUDELAIRE (Charles).
The Flowers of Evil. Pièces condamnées.
Paris : Librairie Paul Cotinaud, 1951. - In-folio, 380 x 283 : frontispiece, (2 ff.), 29 pp., (1 f.), 6 plates, blank cover. In leaves, in a cardboard folder covered with gilt paper.

Edition of 257 copies, illustrated with 7 washings by the painter Charles Alexandre PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), reproduced in black out of text.

One of the very rare copies on imperial japan, this one out of print, not numbered, in addition to the 6 copies on this paper, enriched with 4 original drawings including an erotic wash in colours. These drawings are not signed but are perfectly in the artist's style. One of them is apparently a preparatory drawing for the illustration found between pages 6 and 7

. Some spotting.
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PICART LE DOUX (Charles Alexandre) - BAUDELAIRE (Charles). The Flowers of Evil. Pièces condamnées. Paris : Librairie Paul Cotinaud, 1951. - In-folio, 380 x 283 : frontispiece, (2 ff.), 29 pp., (1 f.), 6 plates, blank cover. In leaves, in a cardboard folder covered with gilt paper. Edition of 257 copies, illustrated with 7 washings by the painter Charles Alexandre PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), reproduced in black out of text. One of the very rare copies on imperial japan, this one out of print, not numbered, in addition to the 6 copies on this paper, enriched with 4 original drawings including an erotic wash in colours. These drawings are not signed but are perfectly in the artist's style. One of them is apparently a preparatory drawing for the illustration found between pages 6 and 7 . Some spotting.

Estimate
€500 - €600
Result
€1,000
Buyer's premium
25%
PICART LE DOUX (Charles Alexandre) - BAUDELAIRE (Charles). The Flowers of Evil. Pièces condamnées. Paris : Librairie Paul Cotinaud, 1951. - In-folio, 380 x 283 : frontispiece, (2 ff.), 29 pp., (1 f.), 6 plates, blank cover. In leaves, in a cardboard folder covered with gilt paper. Edition of 257 copies, illustrated with 7 washings by the painter Charles Alexandre PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), reproduced in black out of text. One of the very rare copies on imperial japan, this one out of print, not numbered, in addition to the 6 copies on this paper, enriched with 4 original drawings including an erotic wash in colours. These drawings are not signed but are perfectly in the artist's style. One of them is apparently a preparatory drawing for the illustration found between pages 6 and 7 . Some spotting.
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