Tratado de la vida elegante

One of the cornerstones of literary dandyism, this collection of French essays was first published in 1830 and served as an inspiration for the works of Barbey d’Aurevilly, Charles Baudelaire, and many more reputedly elegant writers. From the early English dandyism of the Regency period to the fruitful artistic and intellectual decadence of 19th-century France, the evolution of this conception of refinement led to the bohemian movement and to authors such as Oscar Wilde. Rich in aphorisms, ...