Description
Flaubert (Gustave) Trois Contes, first edition, one of 100 copies on papier de Hollande, original yellow printed wrappers bound in, stunning dark blue morocco by Noulhac, ornately stamped in gilt to an overall mosaic design of blue and ochre onlays, very small abrasions to upper cover, spine gilt in compartments with raised bands and geometric design of the same colours, g.e., dark and royal blue morocco doublures with multiple gilt fillet borders, blue watered silk endpapers backed by marbled endpapers, blue half morocco chemise and morocco-edged marbled board slip-case, 8vo (binding 188 x 129mm.), Paris, Charpentier, 1877.
⁂ Beautiful mosaic binding by Noulhac on a first edition of these three short stories - Un Coeur Simple, La Legende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier and Herodias - by Flaubert.
Lot 343
Flaubert (Gustave) Trois Contes, first edition, one of 100 copies on papier de Hollande, Paris, Charpentier, 1877.
Hammer Price: £8,000
Description
Flaubert (Gustave) Trois Contes, first edition, one of 100 copies on papier de Hollande, original yellow printed wrappers bound in, stunning dark blue morocco by Noulhac, ornately stamped in gilt to an overall mosaic design of blue and ochre onlays, very small abrasions to upper cover, spine gilt in compartments with raised bands and geometric design of the same colours, g.e., dark and royal blue morocco doublures with multiple gilt fillet borders, blue watered silk endpapers backed by marbled endpapers, blue half morocco chemise and morocco-edged marbled board slip-case, 8vo (binding 188 x 129mm.), Paris, Charpentier, 1877.
⁂ Beautiful mosaic binding by Noulhac on a first edition of these three short stories - Un Coeur Simple, La Legende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier and Herodias - by Flaubert.