ZOLA (Emile). Naïs Micoulin. - Lot 312

ZOLA (Emile). Naïs Micoulin. First edition, one of 100 copies on Hollande, the only large paper with 25 Chine, in a beautiful morocco binding. Paris, G. Charpentier, 1884. In-12 volume (188x126mm), bound in half red morocco with corners, 5-rib spine, compartmented, richly decorated with gilt small irons. Head gilt, untrimmed margins, covers preserved, without spine (Binding signed Blanchetière). 569pp. Spine and edges of boards shaded, spines rubbed. Collection of six short stories that had been serialized in the Russian magazine Le Messager de l'Europe between 1875 and 1880. Titles: Naïs Micoulin, Nantas, La mort d'Olivier Bécaille, Madame Neigeon, Les Coquillages de M. Chabre, Jacques Damour. Provenance: Juan Hernandez with bookplate engraved with the motto "De tout un peu". A fine copy in a luxury binding.