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The W. T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire and Modern French Studies, founded by the College of Arts & Science of Vanderbilt University in September 1968 is a joint project with the Department of French and Italian and the Central Library in which it is located. Its core is the personal collection of the eminent Baudelaire scholar, W.T. Bandy, who continued to work with the collection until his death in 1989.
Publicity
"Bandy Center Acquires Le Fleur de Mal illustrated by H. Matisse"
Acorn Chronicle, Fall 2006
"Vanderbilt Acquires Baudelaire Masterpiece"
Acorn Chronicle, Fall 2004
"Wachs Collection is First Class"
Acorn Chronicle, Fall 2004
"Vanderbilt Holdings: A Small Matter"
Vanderbilt Magazine, Fall 2004
Important Acquisitions
In April 2005, with generous funding provided by the Friends of the Library, the Bandy Center secured perhaps its greatest collecting coup ever: and exceedingly rare,complete first-edition copy of Baudelaire's masterpiece, Les Fleurs du Mal, in excellent condition. The acquisition marks a major milestone: the 3 million and first volume for the Jean and Alexander Heard Library collection.
Baudelaire, Charles. Les Fleurs du mal. Paris: Poulet-Malassis et De Broise, 1857.
