ZOLA (Émile). La Terre. Illustrated edition by Duez, Gérardin, Mesplès, Rochegrosse, Etc. Paris : C. Marpon, E. Flammarion, [1889]. -Large in-8, 294 x 191 : (2 ff.), 472 pp. 1 plate. Brown half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved (V. Champs). Rare illustrated first edition, with 62 wood-engraved compositions, including one at the head of each chapter, 60 full-page and one hors texte, after compositions by Ernest-Ange Duez, Auguste Gérardin, Paul-Eugène Mesplès, Norbert Gœneutte, Georges Rochegrosse and others. ONE OF 35 EXEMPLIES ON HOLLAND PAPER (no. 13), the only edition on large paper. Spine faded. First and last leaves browned by cover. Provenance: bookplate with unidentified monogram.

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