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2 in 1 volume, 12mo (177 x 112 mm) 4 nn.ll., pp. [5]-232 for part I; 2 nn.ll., pp. [233]-490, 1 final blank for part II. Light brown morocco, triple gilt filet on covers, spine gilt with raised bands and with inlaid ornamental star alternating in red and black morocco, spine labels in red and black morocco, inner dentelle, gilt edges (David).
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Carteret, I, 265 ; Vicaire, III, 721 ; Clouzot, 121 ; Flety, 53.
First edition.
Exquisite copy with an added frontispiece etching by Cuisinier printed on China, as well as a suite of 7 plates before the letter by Boilvin. Cuisiner’s frontispiece is usually part of the edition given by Quantin in 1885 (see Vicaire, III, 724). Boilvin’s suite illustrated the last edition published during the author’s lifetime in 1874 (see Vicaire, III, 723). Printed before the letter, the plate of l’Hôtellerie de Boulogne, bound after page 172, is present in its first state (Madame Bovary with her bosom bare and with her lover lying in bed).
A very fine copy, beautifully bound by David towards the end of the 19th century.
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