Lot 72
Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary. Provincial Manners, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, first English edition, Vizetelly & Co., 1886.
Hammer Price: £900
Description
Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary. Provincial Manners, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, first English edition, frontispiece, 2pp. of advertisements at front (unopened at top edge), 24pp. publisher's catalogue for 1886 at end, minor marginal losses and closed tears to first few ff. at head, original cloth, gilt, slightly cocked, spine slightly faded, a few spots to covers, extremities and joints lightly rubbed, upper hinge a little weak, Vizetelly & Co., 8vo, 1886.
⁂ First English edition of Flaubert's first novel with the translation by socialist activist and youngest daughter of Karl Marx, Eleanor Marx-Aveling.
Description
Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary. Provincial Manners, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, first English edition, frontispiece, 2pp. of advertisements at front (unopened at top edge), 24pp. publisher's catalogue for 1886 at end, minor marginal losses and closed tears to first few ff. at head, original cloth, gilt, slightly cocked, spine slightly faded, a few spots to covers, extremities and joints lightly rubbed, upper hinge a little weak, Vizetelly & Co., 8vo, 1886.
⁂ First English edition of Flaubert's first novel with the translation by socialist activist and youngest daughter of Karl Marx, Eleanor Marx-Aveling.
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