FLAUBERT Gustave Lot n° 37

FLAUBERT Gustave L'Éducation sentimentale Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1870, 2 volumes Large in-8°. Red half-maroquin with corners (Thierry succ. de Petit-Simier). Spine with 5 nerves decorated with a double gilt fillet and surrounded by the same, gilt scroll decoration repeated between the nerves. Dark green chagrin author's and title-pieces, and headpiece. Gilt date on tail. Boards decorated with gilt fillets. Head gilt. Covers (soiled, with restoration) and spine cons. Corners rubbed. Minor foxing, wetness at bottom of first 3 ff. of t.2 and in margins of last ff. of t.1, small paper loss at lower corner of last 2 ff. of t.1 without loss of text. First edition. A first-issue copy, not bearing the "second edition" mention usually found on titles. Provenance: Bibliothèque Baron de Fleury (ex-libris)