214 - ZOLA (Émile). *Les Rougon-Macquart*. Paris, Charpentier, 1886–1904. 20 in-12 volumes. Slightly later (early 20th century) uniform binding in brown half-sheepskin, spine with faux raised bands decorated with gilded fleurons.

ZOLA (Émile). *Les Rougon-Macquart*. Paris, Charpentier, 1886–1904. 20 in-12 volumes. Slightly later (early 20th century) uniform binding in brown half-sheepskin, spine with faux raised bands decorated with gilded fleurons. This series of novels bears the subtitle “A Natural and Social History of a Family under the Second Empire.” It consists of twenty novels that Émile Zola wrote between 1868 and 1893. The novels were published successively; below we list the publication dates of our copies, followed by the original edition dates in parentheses. *The Fortune of the Rougons*, 1901 (first edition in 1871); *The Prey*, 1895 (first edition in 1872); *The Belly of Paris*, 1892 (first edition in 1873); *The Conquest of Plassans*, 1897 (first published in 1874); *The Sin of Father Mouret*, 1903 (first published in 1875); His Excellency Eugène Rougon, 1893 (first published in 1876); *The Drunkard*, 1886 (first published in 1877); A Page of Love, 1901 (first published in 1878); Nana, 1903 (first published in 1880); Pot-Bouille, 1902 (first published in 1882); *Au Bonheur des Dames*, 1901 (first published in 1883); *La Joie de vivre*, 1900 (first published in 1884); *Germinal*, 1902 (first published in 1885); *L'Œuvre*, 1902 (first published in 1886); *La Terre*, 1903 (first published in 1887); *Le Rêve*, 1891 (first published in 1888); *La Bête humaine*, 1890 (first published in 1890); *L'Argent*, 1901 (first published in 1891); *La Débâcle*, 1903 (first published in 1892); *Le Docteur Pascal*, 1893 (first published in 1893). Experts: Loup Axmann and Jean-Luc Boisseau