FLAUBERT (Gustave). MRS. BOVARY. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1857. 2 vol. in-12, half brick, spine with nerves (contemporary binding). ORIGINAL EDITION of one of the jewels of 19th century French literature, the subject of a famous lawsuit for "atteinte aux bonnes mours". Unstitched copy, in period binding, with the name of the lawyer Senard spelled Senart, mark of first printing. Several leaves bear clear traces of flowers preserved in the book. (Carteret, I, 263) (Clouzot, p. 121).