LOT 402

Émile Zola.

A collection of two tracks.

-A page of love.

Paris, Émile Testard, 1895.

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A collection of two tracks.

-A page of love.

Paris, Émile Testard, 1895.

Large 4to, (2) leaves, 386 pp., plates. Contemporary fawn half-morocco with corners, spine with raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised on 2 bottom corners, slight marginal foxing on a few leaves).

A beautiful illustrated edition based on drawings by François Thévenot. It features six etchings by Louis Muller, as well as numerous woodcut vignettes within the text, including headpieces and tailpieces.

Limited edition of 691 numbered copies.

One of 130 on extra-strong China paper, numbered 125, the second paper edition following a single copy on vellum and 10 on Japanese paper. Enriched with a triple set of Muller’s 6 etchings with remarks, including two in black and one in red chalk, the latter signed by the engraver on each plate, and a pre-letter set of woodcuts. Enriched with 11 additional plates, including a portrait of Zola as a frontispiece, etched by Albert-Duvivier after Édouard Dantan. These plates illustrate the edition of this story published in 1884 by the Librairie des Bibliophiles and are printed on Japanese paper. A fine copy with full margins (h 283 mm) and very well bound. -La Curée. Paris, Émile Testard, 1894. In-4, (2) ff., 357 pp., plates. Fawn half-maroquin with modern corners, spine with raised raised bands, author and title gilded, date stamped at the bottom, decorated with a pattern of gilded fillets in squares framed by a double gilded fillet, gilded fillet on the covers, gilded head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (spine slightly faded, very slight foxing in the margins of a few pages). A fine illustrated edition based on drawings by Georges Jeanniot. A portrait of Zola as a frontispiece, 6 etchings by Louis Muller and numerous wood-engraved vignettes within the text, including headpieces, half-pages, tailpieces, a vignette on the title page, the covers and the spine. Limited edition of 691 numbered copies. One of 130 copies on extra-strong China paper, no. 43, the third paper grade after a single vellum and 10 Japanese papers, numbered at the press from 12 to 141. Copy enhanced with a double black-and-white suite of Muller’s 6 etchings with remarks, and a suite of the woodcuts on China paper. Also enriched with an unsigned engraved portrait of Zola printed on China paper. A fine copy with full margins (h 284 mm) and well bound.