FLAUBERT (Gustave). Madame Bovary. Moeurs de province. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1857. 2 vols. in-12, [2] f. (false title, title), 232 p. (including dedications to Senard and Bouilhet), [2] f., 232 p. + [2] f., p. [233]-490, bottle-green morocco, spine with 5 raised bands, author, title, tomaison and date gilt, double gilt fillet at the edges, inner border of morocco decorated with a triple fillet and 2 gilt roulettes, edges gilt, cover and spine preserved, case [Affolter] (small rubs on a nerve and at the edge of a spine, snagging at the edge of the case).
First edition of one of the masterpieces of French literature.
The publisher's catalogue (36 pages) is not included in this copy. Bound with wide margins (h=179mm).
Provenance: Eugène Lazare Richtenberger (1856-1920), art critic (sale 1921, n°241; engraved bookplate).
(Carteret I, 263-266).
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