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Edité par Paris: Jean Porson, [1951]., 1951
Vendeur : D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes. 4to. pp. [2 blank leaves], 233, [1], [1 leaf], [3 blank leaves]; [2 blank leaves], 2 p.l., 349-474, [1], [1]blank, [1 leaf], [3 blank leaves]. 115 etchings (incl. 2 cover illus. & 2 vignettes; 6 hors-texte). tissue guards. untrimmed signatures loose as issued in original wrs. slipcases soiled, some edges partly split or repaired with masking tape, the 2 volumes of text in fine condition. First Edition Thus, Limited to 170 Copies (+ 20); this one of the 20 copies reserved for the artist. The text was printed by R.Jacquet, the etchings by Georges Visat. "[Cirey's] magnum opus in scale and.in merit, is.Flaubert's Madame Bovary (1951).[with] the imaginative portrayals of the amiable Charles Bovary, the vacuous, would-be romantic Emma and the wily Abbé Bournisien.It is literary illustration at its best." (Strachan) W.J.Strachan, The Artist And The Book In France, pp. 150-53, 328.