The present volume is an excellent example of his demure approach to bookbinding and was executed for "the king of booksellers" Pierre Berès (1913-2008), with his stamp to the front free endpapers. Noulhac did not attempt to create a reputation for himself as a book cover designer per se, a decision that he later regretted" (Duncan & De Bartha, p. By 1900 he had begun tentatively to incorporate modest floral emblems into the dentelle fillet borders on his covers. The binder of this copy, Henri Noulhac (1866-1931), was a "superlative craftsman" who "specialized initially in plain leather bindings (reliures jansénistes) and copies of romantic eighteenth-century bindings. Described by the French culture minister Albanel as "a legendary figure in the world of art, collecting and publishing" (quoted in Grimes), Berès was a
Defended by Maitre Sénard, he was found not guilty, and publication resumed. Brit.).įirst published in the magazine La Revue de Paris in 1856, the novel was immediately sued for "outrage aux bonnes moeurs" (affront to public decency) and Flaubert appeared before the court on 7 February 1857. Flaubert's debut novel, written and constantly reworked by the author during five years before publication, is considered "the principal masterpiece of realism and the work that established the realist movement on the European scene" (Ency. First edition, first printing, first issue, this copy finely bound and preserving the original wrappers.
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