Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary. Mœurs de province. FLAUBERT (Gustave). Paris, Gibert Jeune – Librairie d’Amateurs, 1953. Quarto (4to) (26 x 21 cm). Full red morocco leather binding with brown damascened bands. Gilt top edge. Pink speckled slipcase. 305 pp. + justification of the print run. Numbered copy (843/3000). Illustrated with color compositions by Umberto Brunelleschi, one of the great illustrators of the French book in the first half of the 20th century. Initial letters and tailpieces by A. - M. Vergnes. Quality binding, in very good condition, free of foxing. Fresh interior, colors of the illustrations perfectly preserved. Slipcase slightly rubbed.