Madame Bovary

First edition with all the characteristics of the first issue, including the misprint “Sénart” instead of Sénard on the inscription leaf.
Binding in full green morocco, spine in five compartments with black fillets, gilt date at the foot, gilt roll tooling on the spine ends, comb-patterned endpapers, frame of gilt lace-work tooling on the pastedown endpapers, double gilt fillets on the leading edges, wrappers (with some foxing) and spine preserved, all edges gilt, slipcase lined with bottle green morocco, marbled paper boards, interior in orange baize, elegant binding in full morocco signed Affolter.
Provenance: Eugène Richtenberger's library with its ex-libris engraved by A. Lanson glued to the first pastedown endpaper.
A very beautiful copy wonderfully set in a full morocco binding by Affolter.