Madame Bovary (First English Edition)

Published by Vizetelly & Co, 1886. 383p. Translated from the French Edition Definitive by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, Karl Marx's daughter. Original publisher s cloth. Green boards stamped in gold which is clean and bright. Has some scattered foxing to prelims. Spine is slightly dull. Corners are slightly bumped and head and foot of spine show slight wear, but on the whole a rather lovely copy. Flaubert's debut novel and a breakthrough in the art form of the modern novel.