Madame Bovary. Mœurs de Province. … Paris, 1857

by Gustave Flaubert

$7,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Early piracy, probably published before the Paris edition. 160, 160, 160, 204 pp., 1 f. ads . 2 vols. 18mo. Contemporary half red morocco and cloth sides, a.e.g. Lightly rubbed, a few scattered paper flaws in margins. Bookseller stamps on half titles. A near fine set. En français dans le texte 277 Paris edition ; Clouzot, 121 “Une contrefaçon, fort rare, à Naumbourg 1857 … pourrait avoir été mise en vente avant l'originale”. Item

• Binding: Leather

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