Rare and precious documents, stolen in June 1980, have resurfaced in recent weeks. Letters signed by great writers reappear 40 years after their theft.

Baudelaire, Maupassant, Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas among the writers whose letters were stolen. An original edition of “A Season in Hell” by Arthur Rimbaud has also disappeared… Subscribe Already subscribed? To log in, go to the website: http://www.dailymailonline.co.uk/news/article-307070/Rare-and- precious- documents-stolen-in-June 1980.