Lot 68
Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, first English edition, Vizetelly & Co., 1886.
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, first English edition, frontispiece and 5 plates, 2pp. of advertisements at front (unopened at top edge), without 24pp. publisher's catalogue for 1886 at end as often, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title and p.1, original cloth, spine faded, ends a little creased and frayed, corners bumped, 8vo, 1886.
⁂ First English edition of Flaubert's first novel with the translation by socialist activist and youngest daughter of Karl Marx, Eleanor Marx-Aveling.
Description
Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, first English edition, frontispiece and 5 plates, 2pp. of advertisements at front (unopened at top edge), without 24pp. publisher's catalogue for 1886 at end as often, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title and p.1, original cloth, spine faded, ends a little creased and frayed, corners bumped, 8vo, 1886.
⁂ First English edition of Flaubert's first novel with the translation by socialist activist and youngest daughter of Karl Marx, Eleanor Marx-Aveling.
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