Presentation copies and manuscript letters by Gustave Flaubert

First edition.

Contemporary half navy blue shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine with triple gilt fillets (slightly discolored, but not seriously), speckled edges.

Inscribed by Gustave Flaubert to the jurist and politician from Rouen, F[rédéric] Deschamps: “hommage de la plus haute considération, souvenirs d'amitié [with my deepest respect and memories of our friendship]”.
Frédéric Deschamps was “one of the leading lights of the Rouen bar and one of the most upstanding citizens in Normandy,” (Biographie nationale des contemporains, Glaeser, 1878). A Republican serving alongside Jules Sénard, he was also a writer and a poet; and acte

Autograph manuscript by Gustave Flaubert entitled "De l'état de l'église en Gaule au Ve et VIe siècle", written in black ink on both sides of a sheet.
Transverse fold.
Extensive manuscript notes probably written in preparation for the writing of La Légende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier.
Precious manuscript, evidence of the writer's working method.

Autograph letter signed by Gustave Flaubert addressed to the archaeologist Charles-Ernest Beulé. Two pages written in black ink on a folded sheet. The recipient of this letter added nine handwritten lines, a draft of his future response, following Flaubert's letter.
This letter has been transcribed and reproduced on the website of the Flaubert Centre at the University of Rouen. The transcriber of this missive notes: "Are the lines written under the signature by Beulé or by Flaubert himself? The handwriting resembles his. Stéphanie Dord-Crouslé suggests that Flaubert may have gone to see Beulé and written these elements under his dictation in response to the questions posed." This hypoth

Autograph letter signed by Gustave Flaubert addressed to Léon Cladel. Envelope attached. Some underlinings and manuscript corrections by the author. Minor water stains. Three small restorations using adhesive on the second page as well as two fold marks inherent to the letter's folding for mailing.
Amusing letter in which Gustave Flaubert, whose literary renown is well established, offers his support to his friend Léon Cladel who is struggling to have one of his works published.
The "master" - this is how Léon Cladel addresses his colleague - begins this letter with enthusiasm: "I started your book yesterday at 11 o'clock; it was finished t

First edition on ordinary paper.

Half-forest green shagreen contemporary binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper board and endpapers, bookplate pasted on one guard.
Some slight, minor foxing.

Rare signed and inscribed copy by Gustave Flaubert to (Louis) de Carné, journalist and historian, several of whose works were listed in the inventory of Flaubert's personal library.

Flaubert's interest in de Carné's work was not always benevolent, however. Critical notes on his articles can be found in the Bouvard and Pécuchet files.
Moreover, the publication of Salammbô coincided with the controversial election of Louis de