FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE

Madame Bovary. Moeurs de Province. Paris: Michel Lévy, 1857

8vo (7 1/8 x 4 5/8 in.; 178 x 120 mm). Inscribed on the half-title "A Mr. (Joseph) Méry. Hommage d'un 🐎admirateur inconnu. Gve Flaubert"; signature trimmed as (almost) always, lacking the dedication leaf. Contemporary English half calf, spine gilt with grotesque design; rubbed, small🤪 split on top of spine.

First edition, first issue with the misspelt "Senart" instead of "Senard" on the dedication page🍷. One of the 🌺deluxe copies on thick vellum paper. 

Joseph Méry was French poet, journalist, novelist, playwright and librettist, close friend with Gérard de N💝erval, Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac—all from the brilliant generation of French writers that inspired and mentored Gustave F🌠laubert. 

REFERENCE:

Carteret Romantique I, 263-264; Clouzot 66. 

PROVENANCE:

Joseph Méry (inscription and ex-dono)