MADAME BOVARY Translated From the French by Eleanor Marx Aveling With an Introduction by Adré Maurois

First edition thus, LIMITED to 1500 numbered copies SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, Gunter Böhmer. Decorated all throughout with the lovely watercolours of Swiss painter Gunter Böhmer, the illustrations are presented as head or tail pieces or within the body of the text and in many cases are quite large. 8vo, in the original flexible boards covered in gold silk, the spine with a black morocco label printed in gilt, in the original marbled paper-covered slipcase. 349, [1] pp. A very fine copy, as pristine, the book essentially without flaw, the slipcase very lightly aged.

Edizione: the fine limited editions club printing of flaubert's first published work, considered his masterpiece and a masterpiece of 19th century literature. it is a seminal work of realism and one of the most influential novels ever written. the title was a pleasing choice for artist gunter böhmer. although böhmer devoted himself primarily to drawing, and left behind thousands of drafts and sketches, he is best remembered among the public for his sensitive book illustrations. fritz löffler, a longtime contributor to the dresden art collections, counts gunter böhmer among the greatest draftsmen of the 20th century.