Flaubert Correspondance 4 Volumes 1890s Mixed Set — Period Half-Calf — Clean For Sale

THE COMPLETE CORRESPONDENCE OF GUSTAVE FLAUBERT — 1890s REPRINT SET IN PERIOD BINDINGGustave Flaubert. Correspondance. Première Série (1830-1850), Deuxième Série (1850-1854), Troisième Série (1854-1869), Quatrième Série (1869-1880). Paris: Bibliothèque-Charpentier, mixed dates 1894-1899. Four volumes, octavo, period half-calf over marbled boards, ribbed spines gilt.THE SET:This is a matched four-volume set of Flaubert\'s collected letters, uniformly bound in period half-calf (black morocco with yellow and black marbled boards). The set comprises mixed printings from the 1890s:- Volume 1: 1896 (1830-1850 correspondence)- Volume 2: 1894 (1850-1854 correspondence) - Volume 3: 1898 (1854-1869 correspondence)- Volume 4: 1899 (1869-1880 correspondence)THE CONTENT:These are the essential primary sources for understanding modern literary realism—Flaubert\'s letters to:- Louise Colet (the 10-year love affair during which he wrote Madame Bovary)- George Sand (their literary friendship)- His mother (the emotional foundation of his life)- Turgenev, the Goncourt brothers, and the circle of French naturalists- His travels to Egypt and the Orient (1849-1851)Edited by his niece Caroline Commanville, these volumes contain Flaubert\'s aesthetic manifesto (\"Madame Bovary, c\'est moi\"), his detailed accounts of writing Sentimental Education and The Temptation of Saint Anthony, and his final years working on Bouvard and Pécuchet.CONDITION:No ownership marks, no bookplates, no marginalia—clean, scholarly copies. Bindings show honest wear: spines rubbed at extremities (gilt remains legible), corners bumped, but structurally sound and shelf-presentable. Interior pages clean and tight—no foxing, no stains, no loose signatures. The set has survived 125-130 years in remarkably preserved condition.A handsome reading set of the correspondence that explains how the modern novel was invented. Priced for velocity; if unsold, it graces my own shelves.Curated by Blackwood Foundlings.Serious offers considered. Feel free to ask questions.