Charles BAUDELAIRE
Autograph letter intended for Mr. Casimir De Rode on December 20, 1859. Signed C.B.
One page in -4, with envelope.
About the correction of poems to be published in the Revue Internationale, directed by Derode, a Swiss magazine that had just published with many errors Eureka by Edgar Poe translated by Baudelaire: "... you will end up disgracing me. Not only philosophy needs an absolute correction; but all printers alter the verses..."
Bends and small tears.
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Lot no. 62

Charles BAUDELAIRE Autograph letter intended for Mr. Casimir De Rode on December 20, 1859. Signed C.B. One page in -4, with envelope. About the correction of poems to be published in the Revue Internationale, directed by Derode, a Swiss magazine that had just published with many errors Eureka by Edgar Poe translated by Baudelaire: "... you will end up disgracing me. Not only philosophy needs an absolute correction; but all printers alter the verses..." Bends and small tears.

Estimate
€1,600 - €1,800
Result
€1,500
Buyer's premium
24%
Charles BAUDELAIRE Autograph letter intended for Mr. Casimir De Rode on December 20, 1859. Signed C.B. One page in -4, with envelope. About the correction of poems to be published in the Revue Internationale, directed by Derode, a Swiss magazine that had just published with many errors Eureka by Edgar Poe translated by Baudelaire: "... you will end up disgracing me. Not only philosophy needs an absolute correction; but all printers alter the verses..." Bends and small tears.
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