Flaubert, Gustave

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

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Description

Madame Bovary. Moeurs de Province. Paris: Michel Lévy, 1857.
gilt,paper

8vo (7 1/8 x 4 5/8 in.; 178 x 120 mm). Inscribed on the half-title "A Mr. (Joseph) Méry. Hommage d'un admirateur inconnu. Gve Flaubert; signature trimmed as (almost) always. Contemporary English half calf, spine gilt with grotesque design; rubbed, small split on top of spine.

Provenance

Joseph Méry (inscription and ex-dono)

Literature

Carteret Romantique I, 263-264; Clouzot 66.

Catalogue Note

First edition, first issue with the misspelt "Senart" instead of "Senard" on the dedication page. One of the deluxe copies on thick vellum paper.

Joseph Méry was French poet, journalist, novelist, playwright and librettist, close friend with Gérard de Nerval, Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac - all from the brilliant generation of French writers that inspired and mentored Gustave Flaubert.