FLAUBERT (Gustave). Madame Bovary. Provincial morals . Paris: Michel Lévy frères, 1857. - 2 volumes in-18, 183 x 112: (2 ff.), 232 pp., 36 pp. cat., printed cover; (2 ff.), pp. (233)-490, printed cover. Red morocco, eight gilt fillets framed on the plates, spine with ornamented ribbing, pink morocco lining with gilt fillets in the frame and a gilt motif at the corners, pink moiré silk endpapers, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved, case (Gruel). Original edition of one of the masterpieces of French literature . Copy with the characteristics of the first edition, including the "t" to Sénard at the head of the epistle, complete with covers and publisher's catalogue at the end of the first volume. Superb copy in Gruel lined binding, perfectly preserved.