MATISSE (Henri) - BAUDELAIRE (Charles). Les Fleurs du mal. [Paris]: La Bibliothèque française, [1947]. - In-4, 283x225: frontispiece, 169 pp, (3 ff. last 2 blank), illustrated cover. Paperback, filled cover, folder. Duthuit, Matisse, catalog des ouvrages illustrés, no. 19. Fine illustrated edition by Henri MATISSE (1869-1954), featuring an original etching on chine as frontispiece, printed by Lacourière, 69 woodcut drawings, including 2 on the cover and 10 full-page, printed by Théo Schmied, and 33 full-page photolithographs. Matisse chose to base his illustrations on the female face. The frontispiece and the first 32 full-page compositions, the last of which is a portrait of Baudelaire, are all portraits of women. As Duthuit points out (p. 130), the artist drew inspiration from 3 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, this one numbered 1. A very well preserved copy. The slipcase is missing.