272 - BAUDELAIRE. HERAN, Henri.

BAUDELAIRE. HERAN, Henri. Short Prose Poems. Paris, L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza & Cie, 1907. In-8 (28 x 20 cm), 145-(6) pp., plates and illustrations. Contemporary havana morocco leather, spine with 4 raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised r insides lined with old rose morocco adorned with a mosaic border, endpapers lined with embroidered blue silk, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved, housed in a half-bound slipcase with bands, lined with purple leather, matching case [G. Levitzky] (spine of the slipcase worn, and slipcase scuffed). Description: A very beautiful illustration for Baudelaire’s famous posthumous text, here superbly bound in an Art Nouveau style. Features a portrait of Baudelaire as a frontispiece, based on a photograph. Includes numerous color illustrations by Henri Héran, including 9 plates and 104 in-text illustrations (vignettes, headpieces, fleurons, and tailpieces). *Petits poèmes en prose* is also known as *Spleen de Paris*. Limited edition of 75 copies; this is no. 18, one of 20 copies on Japanese paper enhanced with a series of engravings printed in black on Chinese paper. A very beautiful binding in a unique floral and organic style, by Grégoire Levitzky (1885–1969), a bookbinder of Ukrainian origin living in France.