The painter of modern life and other essays

Charles Baudelaire

Original title: Essays

earliest edition we have, 1964 Phaidon, 1995 224 pages

Connoisseurship, criticism, and art history in the nineteenth century

"Charles Baudelaire, the nineteenth-century French poet and writer, has also been called 'the father of modern criticism'. This stimulating volume gathers together some of his most celebrated critical writings."--Amazon.

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Editions we hold

The painter of modern life, and other essays.. edition · 1995 · Phaidon · 224 pages · 9780714833651
The painter of modern life and other essays edition · 1986 · Da Capo Press · 224 pages
Selected critical studies of Baudelaire edition · 1979 · AMS Press · 224 pages
The painter of modern life and other essays edition · 1978 · Garland Pub. · 224 pages
The painter of modern life and other essays edition · 1964 · Phaidon Press · 240 pages

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