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Letter from Charles Baudelaire, Paris, to Armand Dutacq, 1853 February 6 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
446317
Accession number
MA 23846.1
Creator
Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1853 February 6.
Credit line
Gift of Susan Jaffe Tane, in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Morgan Library, 2022.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 23 x 17.9 cm
Notes
No place of writing given. Probable place of writing from published edition.
Addressed to: "Monsieur / Monsieur Dutacq / au Journal le Paÿs / CB."
Acquired with a photograph of Baudelaire, cataloged separately as MA 23846.2.
Summary
Saying that, as per Dutacq's advice, he saw M. La Guéronnière that morning and settled on wording with him; promising to deliver his translation of "L'Homme des foules" (Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Man of the Crowd") within the next few days; adding that he also discussed a series of short pieces called "La Vie militaire" with M. La Guéronnière, to be published in April or May, and asking if Dutacq is interested.