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ZOLA (Émile). Pot-Bouille. The masterpiece of the Rougon-Mac…
See original version (French)
313
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ZOLA (Émile). Pot-Bouille. The masterpiece of the Rougon-Mac…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
ZOLA (Émile). Pot-Bouille.
The masterpiece of the Rougon-Macquart series, this novel explores social mechanisms with raw realism and biting irony.
Paris, G. Charpentier, 1882.
Volume in-8 (195 x 138 mm), full jansenist red chagrin, spine ribbed, author, title and date in gilt lettering, gilt head.
495 pages.
Spine a little shaded, light wear rubbing to the spine ends, small crack at the head of the first spine end, traces of handling on a few rare leaves, a few spots not serious.
First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on hollande, the only large paper after some rare chine.
Naturalist novel, tenth volume of the Rougon-Macquart series. Zola plunges us into the bourgeois turpitudes of the Second Empire, where hypocrisy, adultery and ambition depict a society corrupted by money and appearances.
A pleasant hardback copy, untrimmed with the covers preserved.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Prestige sale - Antiquarian and collectible books
Auction location
Auction time
06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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