854 - Flaubert, G.

Flaubert, G. Salammbô. Ten compositions by (Victor)-A(rmand) Poirson, etched by Louveau-Rouveyre, L. Muller, and G. Mercier. Paris, Maison Quantin, n.d. (1887). Large 4° (29.3 x 21.5 cm). [3] leaves, 366 pp., [1] leaf with two sets of 10 engravings outside the text. Original full morocco binding decorated with small gold-stamped lions, fillets on the cover, gilt interior edges, and a gilt edge. First illustrated edition. A deluxe edition printed on Japanese paper in large format, with a print run of 50 copies, including two sets of 10 out-of-text engravings. A personal copy belonging to the illustrator Armand Poirson, with a handwritten note from the publisher. - Victor-Armand Poirson (1858–1893) also illustrated *L'ane de Lucius* (translated by Paul-Louis Courier) in 1887, *La Guerre* by Carlo du Monge in 1886, and *Le Conte de l’archer* by Armand Silvestre in 1883 (watercolors engraved by Gillot). He also contributed to the illustrated journals *La Vie moderne*, *Le Chat noir*, and *Le Journal de la jeunesse*. - Spine slightly discolored; a very fine copy in a beautifully bound edition.