273 - ZOLA (Émile). — The Rougon-Macquart. A Natural and Social History of a Family Under the Second Empire. Vol. I.

ZOLA (Émile). — The Rougon-Macquart. A Natural and Social History of a Family Under the Second Empire. Vol. I. Complete edition edited by Armand Lanoux. Preface by Armand Lanoux. Studies, notes, and variants by Henri Mitterand. Paris, Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1963. In-12, publisher’s softcover bound in full green leather, spine decorated with gold fillets, Rhodoid. First volume of the complete edition of the Rougon-Macquart series, a vast novelistic cycle in which Émile Zola sets out to trace the history of a family during the Second Empire. This volume includes, notably, *La Fortune des Rougon*, *La Curée*, *Le Ventre de Paris*, and *La Conquête de Plassans*. The edition is accompanied by a preface by Armand Lanoux and extensive critical notes compiled by Henri Mitterand. Volume No. 146 of the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, printed on March 4, 1963, on Bolloré bible paper by the Sainte-Catherine printing house in Bruges. A copy from the 1963 printing, preserved under Rhodoid, without the illustrated dust jacket. Appears to be in good condition, with some signs of wear.