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12mo (176 x 111 mm) of 2 unn.l., 400 pp. Green half-chagrin, spine with raised bands, combed edges (contemporary binding).
1 in stock
Clouzot, 122.
First edition, posthumous.
An exceptional copy with a folded autograph note bound at the head.It contains two aphorisms by Flaubert, each signed :
“Aphorisme antédinatoire
Il y a peu de choses au monde qui étaient aussi
odieuses, inutiles et… le reste – que celle qui consent,
à écrire dans un album
Voilà !
G. Flaubert
Aphorisme post dinatoire
Il y a peu de choses au monde qui soient aussi
intéressantes, charmantes, etc… le reste, – que celle qui
consiste, après un bon dîner, à écrire dans un
album.
Voilà !
G. Flaubert
(Les aphorismes définitifs de Pécuchet et Bouvard)”
Bouvard and Pécuchet are lovably ridiculous characters who use empirical and pseudo-scientific methods to achieve encyclopaedic knowledge. The two protagonists cover almost every section of human knowledge at the time, but their lack of knowledge often leads to disaster. Flaubert offers an innovative and comic approach to encyclopaedic knowledge and its methods.
A fine copy.
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