8vo - 23 x 15.5 cm.; xx - 408 pp. One of the Meridian, Crossing Aesthetics series from Stanford. First published in French as "Les regles de l'art" in 1992 and translated into English by Susan Emanuel. From the back cover: ". . . this is the long awaited study of Flaubert and the modern literary field that constitutes the definitive work on the sociology of art by one of the world's leading social theorists". The covers show minor shelf wear, otherwise very clean and tight.