Nicolas Carreau edited by Wassila Belhacine 11:39 a.m., May 09, 2022
As part of an auction organized in Lons le Saunier, a rare manuscript by Charles Baudelaire was sold for 69,000 euros.
It is a work entitled "Théophile Gautier", a book written in 1859, on the writings of the author Théophile Gautier.
The book also hid a letter from Victor Hugo for the poet.
Do we know everything about Charles Baudelaire?
The French poet of "Fleurs du Mal" and "Artificial Paradises" still has secrets to reveal to us.
Indeed, a rare work by the author was found in the collection of a scholar in Lons Le Saunier, in the Jura during an auction organized last week.
It was sold for 69,000 euros.
A letter from Victor Hugo for Charles Baudelaire
It's not the author's best-known book.
It is "Théophile Gautier", a small 68-page book, written in Honfleur in 1859 on the writings of Théophile Gautier.
In this book there is also a letter from Victor Hugo to Charles Baudelaire.
A dedication is inscribed: "to my old friend Sainte-Beuve", the dreaded literary critic.
That's a lot of 19th century stars in a single book, which explains the tidy sum of 69,000 euros.
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The book was part of a collection of 500 items belonging to a Franche-Comté bibliophile.
There were also handwritten letters, original editions, autographs of great authors.
On the second step of the podium, a book by Gilbert Cousin, a Jura author from the library of Charles Nodier, was awarded 18,000 euros.