first edition Hardcover
1886 · London
by FLAUBERT, Gustave
London: Saxon and Company, 1886. Hardcover. Fine. First English edition (a different English translation was published by Vizetelly in the same year). Translated (here described as "Englished") by M. French Sheldon. Small, contemporary owner name on the title page, some scattered foxing to the text, else a fine copy. An exotic novel of ancient Carthage that belongs in the second rank of the author's work behind *Madame Bovary*. (Inventory #: 87890)