November 25th, 2009
Personal letters, first edition copies of books–including Les Fleurs du mall (The Flowers of Evil) worth an estimated $200,000–and a suicide note written by 19th century French poet Charles Baudelaire go on sale next week in Paris. Other items include correspondence, notably a letter from Victor Hugo, Baudelaire’s birth and death certificates, and a dictionary used to translate the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe. The items belonged to Baudelaire, his mother Caroline and his solicitor and friend Narcisse Ancelle.
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