Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire
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New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1958. First edition thus. 62pp. 7.5 x 4.5 inches. Hardcover. Text in English. Translated by Jacques Leclerq. Illustrated by Jeff Hill. Eight illustrations. Light-wear to jacket, edges rubbed, colour faded, one small tear, internally clean. A very good copy.
Lovely illustrated edition of the French poet's classic work Les Fleurs du mal.
From the foreword,
'I can only suggest here Baudelaire greatness as a poet. He restored to language its deep-rooted incantatory and talismanic virtues. He opened up the whole worlds of the subconscious as a poetic theme. His technical virtuosity of image and music have made him a genius in any time.'
“I sit in the sky like a sphinx misunderstood, My heart of snow is wed to the whiteness of swans."
“Do you come from Heaven or rise from the abyss, Beauty?”
Lovely illustrated edition of the French poet's classic work Les Fleurs du mal.
From the foreword,
'I can only suggest here Baudelaire greatness as a poet. He restored to language its deep-rooted incantatory and talismanic virtues. He opened up the whole worlds of the subconscious as a poetic theme. His technical virtuosity of image and music have made him a genius in any time.'
“I sit in the sky like a sphinx misunderstood, My heart of snow is wed to the whiteness of swans."
“Do you come from Heaven or rise from the abyss, Beauty?”
Category Poetry