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BAUDELAIRE (Charles). Richard Wagner and Tannhäuser in Paris…
See original version (French)
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BAUDELAIRE (Charles). Richard Wagner and Tannhäuser in Paris…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
BAUDELAIRE (Charles). Richard Wagner and Tannhäuser in Paris. Paris, E. Dentu, 1861. In-12, paperback, publisher’s printed cover, untrimmed, with a slipcase and green embossed half-cloth cover. First edition of this ‘very rare pamphlet’ (Carteret).
Baudelaire’s last major critical work, *Richard Wagner and *Tannhäuser* in Paris*, revisits the smear campaign that led to the German master’s opera being taken off the bill after only three performances. Wagner himself, in a letter dated 15 April 1861, told Baudelaire that he had ‘felt intoxicated whilst reading these beautiful pages which told [his] story, just as the finest poem does’.
A well-preserved copy as published.
Spine slightly cracked.
Clouzot, 44 – Carteret, I, 127.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
First editions from the 19th to the 21st century
Auction location
Auction time
09/16/2026 at 2:00 PM
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