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ZOLA (Émile). The Four Gospels. Travail. - Fertility. -Vérité. Paris: Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1899-1903. - 6 volumes in-8, 223 x 135: Fécondité: (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 345 pp. (1 f.), printed cover; (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 405 pp. (1 f.), printed cover. - Work: (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 329 pp. (1 f.), printed cover; (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 338 pp. (1 f.), printed cover. - Vérité: (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 381 pp. (1 blank), printed cover; (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 367 pp. printed cover. Orange (Travail), yellow (Fécondité) and violet (Vérité) half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Blanchetière - Bretault). Same books as the previous lot. Copies reprinted in in-8 format, under special covers. All numbered on Hollande paper, in a limited edition of 250 copies for the first title and 200 for the other two. They are numbered 68, 35 and 75 respectively. A very fine set, uniformly bound but in a different color by Henri Blanchetière, son-in-law and successor to J. Bretault. Stains to the title and next leaf of the first volume of Fécondité. Provenance: Docteur P. Blondin, with bookplate engraved by T. Ranson, dated 1907.
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ZOLA (Émile). The Four Gospels. Travail. - Fertility. -Vérité. Paris: Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1899-1903. - 6 volumes in-8, 223 x 135: Fécondité: (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 345 pp. (1 f.), printed cover; (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 405 pp. (1 f.), printed cover. - Work: (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 329 pp. (1 f.), printed cover; (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 338 pp. (1 f.), printed cover. - Vérité: (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 381 pp. (1 blank), printed cover; (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 367 pp. printed cover. Orange (Travail), yellow (Fécondité) and violet (Vérité) half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Blanchetière - Bretault). Same books as the previous lot. Copies reprinted in in-8 format, under special covers. All numbered on Hollande paper, in a limited edition of 250 copies for the first title and 200 for the other two. They are numbered 68, 35 and 75 respectively. A very fine set, uniformly bound but in a different color by Henri Blanchetière, son-in-law and successor to J. Bretault. Stains to the title and next leaf of the first volume of Fécondité. Provenance: Docteur P. Blondin, with bookplate engraved by T. Ranson, dated 1907.
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