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FLAUBERT, Gustave (1821-1880). Madame Bovary. Paris: Michel Lévy frères, 1857.
2 volumes in one, 12° (182 x 113mm). Half-titles. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with an engraved portrait of the author, 7 mounted india-paper plates by E. Boilvin (one dated 1875) and 4 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS, 3 BY E.MORIN, 1 BY A.EDELFELT. (Bound without advertisments.) Later red morocco, finely ruled in gilt, gilt inner dentelles, g.e., by Cuzin. Provenance: Roger Portalis (armorial book-label); Robert Hoe (book-label).
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK-FORM, with a distinguished provenance. The binding can be dated to between 1875 and 1889 (the date of the Portalis sale). The fine watercolours are by Edmond Morin (1824-1882), and Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905). Vicaire III,p.721; Carteret I,p.263.
2 volumes in one, 12° (182 x 113mm). Half-titles. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with an engraved portrait of the author, 7 mounted india-paper plates by E. Boilvin (one dated 1875) and 4 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS, 3 BY E.MORIN, 1 BY A.EDELFELT. (Bound without advertisments.) Later red morocco, finely ruled in gilt, gilt inner dentelles, g.e., by Cuzin. Provenance: Roger Portalis (armorial book-label); Robert Hoe (book-label).
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK-FORM, with a distinguished provenance. The binding can be dated to between 1875 and 1889 (the date of the Portalis sale). The fine watercolours are by Edmond Morin (1824-1882), and Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905). Vicaire III,p.721; Carteret I,p.263.