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651 - FLAUBERT, Gustave *Salammbô*. Paris: Michel Lévy frères, 1863. Large 8vo. Bottle-green half-maroquin with corners signed “Canape,” marbled paper covers, ribbed spine with cold-stamped fillets, cover in good condition. First edition. A copy from the first printing with the following errors: p. 5, “effraya” instead of “effrayèrent”; pp. 97, 80, 251, 368, and 370, “Scissites” instead of “Syssites.” Printed on fine vellum. According to the most recent studies, only 31 “Hollandes” were printed, and perhaps a few other copies on large-format paper. Ref. Vicaire III:724–725. - Carteret I:266. - Talvart & Place VI:4. Formerly owned by Raoul Simonson (gilded bookplate on a pink label). - “FVO” (monogrammed bookplate).
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FLAUBERT, Gustave *Salammbô*. Paris: Michel Lévy frères, 1863. Large 8vo. Bottle-green half-maroquin with corners signed “Canape,” marbled paper covers, ribbed spine with cold-stamped fillets, cover in good condition. First edition. A copy from the first printing with the following errors: p. 5, “effraya” instead of “effrayèrent”; pp. 97, 80, 251, 368, and 370, “Scissites” instead of “Syssites.” Printed on fine vellum. According to the most recent studies, only 31 “Hollandes” were printed, and perhaps a few other copies on large-format paper. Ref. Vicaire III:724–725. - Carteret I:266. - Talvart & Place VI:4. Formerly owned by Raoul Simonson (gilded bookplate on a pink label). - “FVO” (monogrammed bookplate).
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