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BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867). Les Paradis Artificiels. Paris: Aux Aldes, [1928].
2 volumes, 4to. 53 color pochoir miniatures and capitals throughout including 5 full-page, 9 half-page, and 15 head-piece vignettes. Original pictorial wrappers in pochoir, uncut (some chipping with losses near ends of each volume, few quires cracked and partially detached); original glassine (chipping also at ends); morocco-backed folding box.
LIMITED EDITION, number 44 of 90 copies on “vieux verge de Holland”, from a total edition of 100. A finely pochoir-illustrated work richly adorned with engraved vignettes taken from Oriental manuscripts relating to opium and hashish. Phantastica 16. A Horowitz high spot.