ZOLA (Émile). Le docteur Pascal. Paris, Charpentier, 1893. In-12, [3] f., 390 p., green half-percaline lightly post, smooth spine, burgundy title-piece, date stamped in tail, gilt fleuron and double fillet (rubbing to boards and edges, slight foxing to faux-titre, title and qq. pages, edges slightly browned; without the 1st blank f., without the folding table nor the announcement f. at the end). First edition. Signed autograph letter from Émile Zola "to Paul Robiquet, his devoted colleague". Paul Robiquet (1848-1929) was a lawyer and historian. (Carteret II, 488).

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