FLAUBERT, Gustave (1821-80). Salammbô. Dix compositions par A. Poirson [from the collection Les Chefs-d' Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain], Paris: Quantin, [(?) 1887] [though dated 1885 on spines], sm. 4°, FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION on vélin, 10 etched plates after Poirson (some light spotting), contemporary dark blue levant half morocco over marbled boards by S. DAVID, flat spines titled and dated in gilt and tooled in Art Nouveau style with fan-shaped flowers, original embossed wrappers bound in, uncut, t.e.g [Talvart & Place p. 5: 2G]; together with 6 other volumes by different novelists in uniform bindings; and 13 others with gilt spines in high Art Nouveau style. (20)

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FLAUBERT, Gustave (1821-80). Salammbô. Dix compositions par A. Poirson [from the collection Les Chefs-d' Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain], Paris: Quantin, [(?) 1887] [though dated 1885 on spines], sm. 4°, FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION on vélin, 10 etched plates after Poirson (some light spotting), contemporary dark blue levant half morocco over marbled boards by S. DAVID, flat spines titled and dated in gilt and tooled in Art Nouveau style with fan-shaped flowers, original embossed wrappers bound in, uncut, t.e.g [Talvart & Place p. 5: 2G]; together with 6 other volumes by different novelists in uniform bindings; and 13 others with gilt spines in high Art Nouveau style. (20)

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