Nov 20, 2012 - Sale 2295

Sale 2295 - Lot 95

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE. Madame Bovary. Frontispiece, illustrated throughout, and with numerous engraved ornaments and initials. Translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling. 2 pages of advertisements at front, without publisher's catalogue at rear. 8vo, original gilt-decorated teal green cloth, slight lean, spine gilt, rear cover blindstamped, some minor soiling, light rubbing to joints and corners, hinges tender, early signatures starting but intact. London: Vizetelly & Co., 1886

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first english edition of flaubert's first novel and best known work. The translation by Karl Marx's daughter. Quite uncommon, with copies appearing infrequently at auction.