Holiday Gifts 2020

12 Holiday Gifts December 2020 “Bovary C’est Moi” 25. FLAUBERT, Gustave. Madame Bovary. Moeurs de Province. Paris, 1857. Two volumes. 12mo, early 20th-century three-quarter straight-grain black morocco gilt; original wrappers bound in. $7500. Click for more info Rare first edition, first issue in book form, of Flaubert’s literary masterpiece, “the definitive model of the novel” (Émile Zola) and the work that “ushered the age of realism into modern European literature,” finely bound in morocco-gilt by Creuzevault with the exceptionally rare original wrappers bound in. Early ink owner signature to front wrapper of each volume. Old dealer description tipped to rear flyleaf of Volume II. Minor soiling to original wrappers, rarely found, text clean, bindings by Creuzevault quite handsome and fine. Excellent. “The Most Amazing, Enduring And Endearing One- Man Feat In The Field Of Lexicography” 24. JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language. Dublin, 1775. Two volumes. Large thick quarto, modern full brown morocco gilt. $3500. Click for more info Fourthedition—firstIrishedition,andfirstquartoedition—ofJohnson’smonumental Dictionary, the work that “had, in philology, the effect which Newton’s discoveries had in mathematics” (Noah Webster), handsomely bound. Repaired closed tear to title page of Volume I, only occasional mild foxing to text., morocco bindings attractive and fine. “Give Me Liberty To Know, To Utter, To Argue Freely…” 23. MILTON, John. A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works… Both English and Latin. With som [sic] Papers never before Publish’d. Amsterdam, 1698. Three volumes bound as one. Thick folio 8 by 12-1/2 inches), contemporary full speckled brown calf gilt rebacked with original spine laid down. $4000. Click for more info Expanded second edition of Milton’s collected prose works, published only one year after the first edition. Contemporary owner signature on title page. Text generally quite clean, title page of Volume III remargined. Handsome. Literature