Gustave Flaubert, [trans. and int. by Lafcadio Hearn] — The Temptation of St. Anthony

New York, The Alice Harriman Company, 1910. Cloth. A translated edition of Fluabert's classic work on the famous biblical tale, signed by Alice Harriman, known to be the world's first female publisher. A translated American edition of The Temptation of St. Anthony, the classic dramatic prose written by French literary figure Gustave Fluabert, with this edition being the first to be translated by Lafcaido Hearn, who also writes an introduction. Published in 1910, first published in 1874.  Published and signed by American poet, publisher and author Alice Harriman to the front free end paper in pencil. Harriman was known to be the world's first estabilished female publisher. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth.  Known for his rigorous perfectionism of aesthetics and language, Fluabert first started the project at the age of twenty-four but would publish the final version twenty-nine years later. Flaubert was inspired by Bruegel the Elder's painting when visiting the Balbi Palace in Genoa, and is written in the form of a play.  In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Externally, mostly smart, with minimal marks. Minor rubbing to spine label, and bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Minor offsetting to end papers. Harriman's signed pencil inscription to front free end paper. Loosened contemporary bookseller sticker to rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with minor age toning to leaf extremities. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .