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FLAUBERT, Gustave. Madame Bovary, Provincial Life.
See original version (French)
135
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FLAUBERT, Gustave. Madame Bovary, Provincial Life.
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
FLAUBERT, Gustave.
Madame Bovary, Provincial Life.
Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1857.
2 volumes in-16, (2) folios, 232 pp. and (2) folios, pp. (233)–(490); 35 pp. (catalogue). Modern half-maroquin Lavallière binding, ribbed spine, author’s name, title and volume number gilt, date stamped at the foot, blind-stamped border on the covers, gilt head, covers and spine preserved (spine faded, very slight rubbing on one rib, minor marginal defects including very slight soiling, a few marks and minute foxing).
Bibliography:
Vicaire III, 721. Carteret, *Romantique*, 263 (which erroneously states the format as in-12).
Description:
First edition of one of the masterpieces of French literature.
A fine copy in a lovely, well-preserved binding, unsigned but perfectly executed.
The margins have been largely preserved (h 180 mm), as have the covers and spine of Volume 1.
The publisher’s catalogue is bound in at the end of the second volume.
The dedication page to Senard is bound in before the half-title page of Volume I.
See original version (French)
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