Gustave Flaubert: Drei Erzählungen — Hoppler Lithographies • Leipzig 1918 For Sale

About this edition

• Stories: Ein schlichtes Herz (Un coeur simple); Die Legende von St. Julian dem Gastfreundlichen; Herodias.
• Illustration: 14 full-page lithographs by Swiss artist Albert Hoppler.
• Printing note (colophon): Printed Autumn 1918 by E. Haberland, Leipzig; lithographs pulled at J. E. Wolfensberger, Zürich. Deluxe issue of 100 on Bütten paper was signed by the artist — this copy is the trade issue.
• Publisher: Kurt Wolff Verlag (noted for fine, modernist bookmaking).
• Language: German.
• Format: 4to/small quarto; original pictorial boards with printed spine (as issued).

• Age-consistent copy: boards with overall rubbing/edge wear and scattered spotting to covers.
• Spine with wear and small losses at extremities; boards still securely attached.
• Text block clean and well-preserved; paper evenly toned; plates sharp and attractive.
• No ownership writing noted; complete.

Photos taken in natural light—please zoom for the best sense of condition.

• Flaubert’s classic triptych Trois Contes in a striking WWI-era German edition.
• Artwork by Albert Hoppler; lithographs executed at Zürich’s renowned Wolfensberger atelier.
• Issued by Kurt Wolff, one of the most influential early-20th-century German publishers.

• Professionally packed and boxed for safe transit.
• Combined shipping available—add items to cart for a quote.
• International buyers welcome (duties/taxes are buyer’s responsibility).

30-day returns accepted if returned in the same condition. Questions welcome.