108 - - ZOLA (Émile).

- ZOLA (Émile). The Joy of Life. Paris, G. Charpentier & Co., 1884. 12mo, red half-maroquin with corner pieces, spine with five raised bands, gilt title, date at the foot, gilt head, cover and spine preserved, untrimmed (Moscovitz). First commercial edition (following the pre-original version published as a serial in *Gil Blas* in 1883 and the off-print not released commercially that was produced the same year and thus constitutes the true original). Copy no. 15 of 150 on Holland paper, enhanced with an unsigned ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR (an anti-Semitic caricature) and a handwritten letter from the author, Médan, November 7, 1883, 1 p. and 2 lines, in-8 (regarding the further delay in the publication of Sarah Bernhardt’s memoirs and the upcoming publication of *La Joie de Vivre* in *Gil Blas*). Ex-libris by Marcel Silvain. Ex-libris from the Library of Dr. Lucien-Graux. (Vicaire VII, 1210.)