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Contract between Charles Baudelaire and Victor Lecou for his translation of Histoires extraordinaires, Paris, 1852 November 17 : manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
446478
Accession number
MA 23848
Creator
Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1852 November 17.
Credit line
Gift of Susan Jaffe Tane, in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Morgan Library, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 24.8 x 17.6 cm
Notes
The text of the contract has been crossed out, and additional text at the foot of the verso has been heavily effaced.
Baudelaire's translation of Histoires extraordinaires was ultimately published by Michel Lévy Frères in 1856.
Summary
Outlines the terms and specifications for "Histoires extraordinaires [...] traduit de l'americain d'Edgar Allan Poe," a collection of stories.