Baudelaire: Fleurs Du Mal In Pattern & Prose
By Beresford Egan and C. Bower Alcock
Published by The Sophisticles Press & T. Werner Laurie: London 1929 1st Edition
Limited Edition Number 439 of 500 - Signed by Author
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Charles Pierre Baudelaire (9 April 1821 - 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also worked as an essayist, art critic and translator. His poems are described as exhibiting mastery of rhyme and rhythm, containing an exoticism inherited from Romantics, and are based on observations of real life."
"Beresford Egan (1905-1984) was a satirical draughtsman, painter, novelist, actor, costume designer and playwright. Egan is remembered as one of the few original British exponents of Art Deco. He was one of the most famous people of London's bohemian scene for nearly five decades. He was a prolific writer and book illustrator, beginning with The Sink of Solitude, a satire on the banning of Radclyffe Hall's controversial novel The Well Of Loneliness (1928). That book marked the beginning of a prolific phase of around six years during which Egan created numerous illustrations and book covers for works of Aleister Crowley, Pierre Lou s and
Charles Baudelaire
. Egan also wrote a couple of novels, which he embellished with his striking illustrations. He also made illustrations for the monographs produced by
his wife Catherine Bower Alcock
."
General wear and fading to covers and spine with some rubbing to corners and bare webbing as shown. All 16 drawings are present as per index including colour frontis. Binding solid with no loose pages. A nice clean copy that presents well. Good condition downgraded from very good due to worn cover/spine. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request.
