BAUDELAIRE (Charles). Artificial Paradises. Opium and Hashish. Paris, Poulet-Malassis et De Broise, 1860. In-12, black morocco, framed with cold fillet, smooth spine, red morocco title-piece, gilt fillet on the edges, red silk lining and endpapers, gilt edges (Abbaye de Maumont). Rare and sought-after first edition, printed in an edition of 1500 copies, some of which were offered for sale again in 1861. A copy of the first issue, with the title at the correct date. In this seminal essay, Baudelaire deals with the relationship between drugs and poetic creation, offering in the first part, entitled Le Poème du haschisch, an account of his experiences at the Hashischins Club, and in the second, Un mangeur d'opium, a commentary mixed with translated passages from Thomas de Quincey's famous Confessions of an English Opium Eater, published in 1821. A copy of Félicité Baudelaire, by family provenance and then by descent. The volume, a little short of margins, is bound without the cover. Vicaire, I, 345 - Carteret, I, 126 - Clouzot, 44 - Oberlé, Poulet-Malassis, n°228.