Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary - Edition originale en tout premier tirage - 1857

Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary.

At Michel Lévy, Paris, 1857, two volumes (12 x 18 cm), complete.

Bound in full gray cloth with overlapping covers, smooth spine decorated with a gilt ornament, date at the foot.

First edition, first printing, with the “Senart” error in the dedication and the other points noted by Max Brun.

The binding of volume 2 has been redone to match volume 1. The half-title and final page of the second volume are uniformly browned; otherwise, a very fine copy, free of foxing.

Free shipping, very well protected, by registered Colissimo within France and by DHL worldwide, with insurance included.