Original announcement announcing the death of Gustave FLAUBERT.

« The death of Gustave Flaubert was love at first sight for all of us! »

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Gustave Flaubert (1821.1880)

Original announcement announcing the death of Flaubert.

A large octavo page on mourning paper. Tiny lack in the lower margin.

Croisset, May 8, 1880.

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On May 8, 1880, Gustave Flaubert died suddenly in his home in Croisset, struck by a devastating stroke.

His burial in the monumental cemetery of Rouen took place on May 11, 1880, in the presence of numerous writers recognizing him as their master.

Emile Zola wrote a long text in Le Figaro, the beginning of which is as follows: “ The death of Gustave Flaubert was love at first sight for us all! »

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