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A Simple Heart.
by Flaubert, Gustave
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Societe des Beaux Arts, n.d. [ca. 1895]. The limited Salon edition of Flaubert's classic novella. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling with red morocco onlays to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed, with tissue-guarded illustrations by Emile Adan. Limited to five hundred and fifty numbered copies, this is number 152. Preface by A. de Claye. In near fine condition with rubbing to the extremities. The leading exponent of literary realism, French novelist Gustave Flaubert is especially known for his debut novel Madame Bovary. Flaubert believed in the principle of finding "le mot juste" ("the right word"), which he considered the key to achieving quality in literary art. He famously avoided the inexact and the abstract and renounced the cliche. Flaubert published much less prolifically than was the norm for his time due to his painstaking style but exercised an extraordinary influence on members of various schools including Kafka, Nabokov, Guy de Maupassant, Edmond de Goncourt, Alphonse Daudet, and Zola.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 139337
- Title
- A Simple Heart.
- Author
- Flaubert, Gustave
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Societe des Beaux Arts
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- n.d. [ca. 1895]
- Keywords
- A Simple Heart First Edition, Gustave Flaubert First Edition
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
Founded by Matthew and Adrienne Raptis, Raptis Rare Books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in literature, children's books, economics, photo books, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Our business model is simple: we strive to handle books that are in exceptional condition and to provide exceptional customer service.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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