Flowers of Evil by Baudelaire Hardback Limited Edition Sylvan Press from 1947 Art by Beresford Egan and C. Bower Alcock

Title: Flowers of Evil
By Charles Baudelaire
and Art by Beresford Egan and C. Bower Alcock (translator)
Attributes: Hardback Limited Edition
Published by: Sylvan Press (limited edition and privately printed)
No dust jacket
Year: 1947 

Beresford Egan (1905–1984) was a satirical draughtsman, painter, novelist, actor, costume designer and playwright and did covers for Aleister Crowley and other occultist. His Art Deco style art lends it's self to the decadent and dark side of Baudelaire and his poems.."The poems deal with themes relating to decadence and eroticism, particularly focusing on suffering and its relationship to the original sin, disgust toward evil and oneself, obsession with death…"

Hardback book privately printed, due the "obscene and sexual charged" nature of the poems. Almost all the poems have a corresponding plate relating the poem.
142 pages 15 B&W illustrations

Condition: Very fine with strong binding and no loose pages. No writing inside the book. Front cover has light edge wear to the corners and light and faint wear on the top and bottom of the spine. Two dents on the top edge of the front cover. Back has light soiling from shelf and age and a small bump on the top left side. Please see the images for more details.

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