Influential nineteenth-century French writer known for his highly imaginative and experimental verse. Unsigned quotation in Baudelaire’s hand, a stanza from “La vie antérieure,” a poem from his most famous collection, Les fleurs du mal. The extract begins with the line, “C'est là que j'ai vécu dans les voluptés calmes” and ends, “Le secret douloureux qui me faisait languir.” Material in Baudelaire‘s hand is most uncommon and of great desirability. In fine condition, with light vertical fold and small pencil notation. R&R COA.
