Madame Bovary

Paris, Michel Lévy, 1857.
2 vols. (115 x 180 mm) of 490 p. (continuous pagination). Paperback, in case.

Original edition.
First edition with all the features: Sénart’s error, typographical errors and the presence of the catalogue.

Dos habilement restaurés.

We apologize for the imperfect translation generated by Deepl for the purposes of the show.

Thirty-five chapters for a succession of tableaux describing the moments of a life: the story of an all in all banal adultery, Madame Bovary is above all the novel of dissatisfaction, of the frustration born of unfulfilled desire and boredom. ‘Bovarysme’ – this term was coined by the philosopher Jules Gautier – is thus defined as the nostalgia for an unknown and deceptive ideal, perceived in an imaginary world constructed by reading.

Rare brochure condition.
Skilfully restored but browned spines. Carteret, I, 263-266; Vicaire, III, 721-723; Clouzot, 121; En Français dans le texte, 277; Brun, Contribution à l’étude des différents tirages de l’édition originale de Madame Bovary, in Le Livre et l’Estampe, no. 39.