Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert

$5,000 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

Paris: Michel Levy Freres, 1857. First edition, first trade issue with Senart for Senard on the dedication page. Two volumes, in contemporary half leather binding with a bit of restoration, bound without publisher's catalog at rear. Owner names at front of each volume, sporadic age spotting to pages. A charming copy of the author's debut novel, a breakthrough in the craft of literary narration that helped create the

• Binding: Leather

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.