Lot 488
Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary, first English edition, original cloth, a very fine copy, 1886.
Hammer Price: £3,200
Description
Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, first English edition, frontispiece and 5 plates, numerous engraved ornaments and initials, 2pp. of advertisements before half-title, without the 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end as often, p. 179 very small tear in margin, original gilt-decorated green cloth, gilt spine, edges foxed, 8vo, a very fine copy, London, Vizetelly & Co., 1886.
⁂ First English edition of Flaubert's first novel with the translation by Karl Marx's daughter.
Description
Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, first English edition, frontispiece and 5 plates, numerous engraved ornaments and initials, 2pp. of advertisements before half-title, without the 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end as often, p. 179 very small tear in margin, original gilt-decorated green cloth, gilt spine, edges foxed, 8vo, a very fine copy, London, Vizetelly & Co., 1886.
⁂ First English edition of Flaubert's first novel with the translation by Karl Marx's daughter.
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