Beautiful vintage leather bound book titled Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert from the Franklin Library limited edition collection of The World's Greatest Writers. The Tales are:
1. A Simple Heart
2. The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller
3. Herodias
The book features premium hand-cut full leather boards with a distinct cover design in ornate 22-karat gilt also on the pages. There are silk moire endpapers with a sewn in matching satin bookmark. The paper used is acid neutral to last generations without discoloring. The condition of the book is Fine in as new condition and very tight, never having been opened. . There are no bookplates, markings or any other signs of previous ownership. There is also a 22 page "Notes from the Editors" that also has never been opened.
199 pages.