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BAUDELAIRE (Charles), Oeuvres complètes, Paris, Michel Lévy, 1868-1870. 7 volumes in-18, 183 x 110. Bound in contemporary havana half-maroquin, monogrammed LS in iron at top left of first cover, spine ribbed, top edges gilt, covers cons. (spines uniformly faded, a few scratches). First collective edition, partly original, composed as follows: I. Les Fleurs du mal. Preceded by a notice by Théophile Gautier. 1868. Portrait, (2 ff.), 411 pp. II. Curiosités esthétiques. 1868, (2 ff.), 440 pp. First edition. III. Romantic Art. 1868 (2 ff.), 442 pp. (First edition.) IV. Petits poëmes en prose. Les Paradis artificiels. 1869 (2 ff.), 471 pp. First edition of Petits poèmes en prose. V. Histoires extraordinaires by Edgar Poe. 1869 (2 ff.), 523 pp. VI. New Extraordinary Stories by Edgar Poe. 1869 (2 ff.), 544 pp. VII. Adventures of Arthur Gordon Pym. Eureka by Edgar Poe. 1870. 2 ff. 517 pp. 1 f. (small loss to front title page). (brown spots) From the Léonce Sarrailh Library.