REVUE FANTAISISTE. Paris, Published by the Revue, 1861. 3 vo - Lot 30

REVUE FANTAISISTE. Paris, Published by the Revue, 1861. 3 volumes in 8, paperback with printed cover, minor wear and tear. Minor defects and wear on the covers and paper edges. Untrimmed. Foxing throughout the volume. Slight water stain at the top of volume 3, not serious. Title pages coming loose. A very rare collection of the first 18 issues (the 19th and final issue, dated November 15, 1861, is missing) of this journal, published in 19 installments from February 15 to November 15, 1861. The journal brought together, around its founder Catulle Mendès, various authors and columnists such as Théodore de Banville, Alphonse Daudet, Charles Asselineau, Gabriel Guillemot, Hippolyte Babou, Alcide Dusolier, Charles Monselet, Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, Théophile Gautier, Champfleury, and others. Notably, it includes nine previously unpublished poems by Baudelaire (“Le Crépuscule du soir,”*La Solitude*, *Les Projets*, *L’Horloge*, *La Chevelure*, *L’Invitation au voyage*, *Les Foules*, *Les Veuves*, and *Le Vieux saltimbanque*), his *Réflexions sur quelques-uns de mes contemporains* (Victor Hugo, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Auguste Barbier, Théophile Gautier, Petrus Borel, Gustave Levavasseur, Théodore de Banville, Pierre Dupont, and Leconte de Lisle), as well as one of his articles on art (Eugène Delacroix’s “Mural Paintings”). Starting May 1, 1861, the issues will be accompanied by remarkable original engravings (14 in all) by Rodolphe Bresdin (an artist immortalized in 1847 by Champfleury in his short story “Chien-Caillou”) Unfortunately, the engravings are missing from our copy. The covers, which show minor soiling and wear, are reused. The issue numbers and volume numbers are concealed by a small piece of paper matching the cover.