FLAUBERT Gustave

FLAUBERT Gustave Madame Bovary - Moeurs de Province Paris, Michel Levy frères, 1857, 2 vols. In-12°. Full morocco (P.L. Martin). Spine with 5 nerves, between the nerves decorated with a set of cold filets. Identical set of cold filets on the boards. Double gilt fillet on the edges. Lined with jade green silk. Marbled paper and silk endpapers. Inside gilt lace. T. gilt on witnesses (good margins). Covers and spine on board. (in perfect condition). Case lined with morocco. First edition of this masterpiece of world literature! Copy of the very first edition with all the faults pointed out by Max Brun and the publisher's catalogue dated March 1857. A superb copy of great freshness that the binding of Pierre-Lucien Martin, all sobriety, magnifies. Provenance: Bibliothèque P.C (ex-libris) - Bibliothèque Kraft de la Saulx (ex-libris) - Bibliothèque Henri Florin de Duikingberg (ex-libris), member of the Société royale des Bibliophiles et Iconophiles de Belgique