Madame Bovary. Translated by J. Lewis May with an Introduction by Jacques de Lacretelle and colour illustrations by Pierre Brissaud engraved in wood by Théo Schmied. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950.
One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This being copy no. 540.
Quarto. 404 pp. With twenty color plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's full ochre French damask, white leather label to spine stamped and lettered in gilt. A fine copy with original slipcase. Slipcase is worn, with splitting to one side of spine, but still solid.
Flaubert (1821-80) is best known for this, his first novel Madame Bovary, which many consider to be his greatest work.
Newman & Wiche, 206.
ID:
3708
$
150