Influential French writer (1821-1867) best known for his highly imaginative and experimental verse, including the seminal 1857 collection Les Fleurs du Mal. Unsigned handwritten letter in French by Charles Baudelaire, one page, 4 x 5, no date. Addressing a woman, Baudelaire writes (translated): "You sent me verses without a personal note, allow me to offer you flowers without verses, and to prove that my taste has understood yours, put them in your buttonhole this evening." Blow, he pens a four-line verse, entitled "Pas toujours la Nature embellit la Beauté' [Not always Nature embellishes Beauty]," in part: "C'est donc lui la beauté, car c´est moi la nature. / Si toujours la nature embellit la beauté." In very good to fine condition, with light creasing and trivial edge chipping. Original verses written by Baudelaire are a notorious rarity and eagerly sought after.
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