Bidspirit auction | Salammbo : Flaubert, Gustave 1931

Salammbo : Flaubert, Gustave 1931 English Edition - Title: Salammbo : Publisher: Tudor Publishing Co.: Publication Date: 1931 :Binding: Hardcover, Cloth over boards: Salammbo Translated from the French of Gustave Flaubert; introduction by Ben Ray Redman; illustrated and decorated by Mahlon Blaine 1931 - New York - Tudor Publishing Co. 9.5 by 6.5 inches: 338pp. Book Condition: Good to very good, no dust jacket. Former owners name and the date 1931 neatly written on endpaper. Story : Salammbô (1862) is a historical novel by Gustave Flaubert. Salammbô is set in Carthage during the 3rd century BCE, immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt which took place shortly after the First Punic War. Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880) was a French writer who is counted among the greatest novelists in Western literature. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (1857).