665. Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary. Moeurs de Province., 2 vol., first edition, first issue , with the misspelling of “Senart” on the dedication f., half -titles, with the 36pp. publisher’s catalogue at the end of vol.1, clean and bright original printed wrappers, both volumes bound in later black calf-backed marbled boards, slightly rubbed at extremties, 12mo, Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1857.
est. £1500 – £2000
An exceptional copy of one of the greatest French novels.