Introduction.

Opera in five acts by Ernest Reyer, with a libretto by Camille Du Locle based on the novel of Gustave Flaubert.
Full score.
French words.
No title page or imprint.
Pages numbered: 1-100, 101 (A)-101(C), 102-390, 393, 392-420, 420-465, 421-627, 595-622; 6 blank pages appear within and between sequences.
After p. 421, new page numbers have been added by hand.
First edition, engraved.
Proof, with many corrections in the composer's hand.
"Note pour le graveur. Prière de corriger avec le plus grand sord. Ne corriger que ce qui est noté en marge et indiqué par des XXX [the X's are written in blue, orange, and black pencil] et ne pas tenir compte des autres indications marqués au crayon bleu. Rien que les fautes. ER"--p. 1.
Three pages in an unidentified hand have been inserted between p. 486 and 487.
Bound between p. 420 and 421 is the "3e Epreuve" of the ballet, with p. nos. 420-465.