ZOLA (Émile). Les Mystères de Marseille. - New... Lot 655

ZOLA (Émile). Les Mystères de Marseille. - New edition. Paris : Charpentier et Cie, 1884 -In-18, 182 x 125 : VIII, 448 pp. printed cover. Red half-maroquin with wide corners, double gilt fillet, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover retained (Pouillet). New edition of this work first published in 1867 in three volumes. "This novel was first published as a serial in Le Messager de Provence, a newspaper to which Zola contributed; it was later reproduced by La Lanterne, without the author's authorization, and reprinted in Le Corsaire under the pseudonym "Agrippa", with the title Un Duel social" (Carteret). One of 50 copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper (no. 49). Lower corner of second cover slightly damaged. Marginal foxing on pages 138 to 141. First endpaper and flyleaf warped.