Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco

22. FLAuBeRT, Gustave. madame Bovary.
moeurs de province. Paris, Michel Lévy Frères
(Impr. V.ve Dondey-Dupré), 1857, € 11.000
12mo, 2 volumes, pp. (8), 232, (4), 489, original wrappers
and spine preserved, in a binding signed by Creuzevault
in blue morocco; full margins, neatly washed. First edition,
first issue of Flaubert’s first published novel: attacked
for obscenity by public prosecutors, this masterpiece is
now considered a seminal work of Realism and one of the
most influential novels ever written. La dernière ligne de
la dédicace nantient “ni de votre dévouement”.
With a long autograph letter by Flaubert: “vous êtes bien
aimable. Vous me congratulez. Je vous congratule - ou pour
parler plus simplement je vous embrasse… Re-post-scriptum:
Doit elle être heureuse!”.
Carteret I, 263–6. Vicaire III, 721–723. Talvart VI, pp. 1–2.
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