Lot no. 14
[BAUDELAIRE (Charles)]. Announcement of the death of Charles Baudelaire. [Paris], Impr. Collet, 1867. 1 p. in-4 of lithographed text edged in black. You are requested to attend the convoy, service and burial of Monsieur Charles Pierre Baudelaire, who died in Paris on 31 August 1867, at the age of forty-six, having received the sacraments of the Church; which will take place on Monday 2 September next, at the church of Saint-Honoré, his parish, place de l'Hippodrome, at 11 a.m. sharp.
De profundis!
On behalf of Madame Vve Aupick, his mother, Madame Perrée, his great aunt and her children, Madame Vve Baudelaire, his sister-in-law, Mr Jean Levaillant, brigadier general, Mr Jean-Jacques Levaillant, battalion commander, Mr Charles Levaillant, division general, his cousins.
A precious and rare document, often reproduced, notably in the Album Baudelaire de la Pléiade (p. 171), in the biography by C. Pichois and J. Ziegler (p. 594) and in the Dictionnaire Baudelaire by C. Pichois and J.-P. Avice (p. 339).
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