ZOLA (Émile). L'Assommoir._x000D_. Paris: C. Marpon, E. Flammarion, [1878]. - Large in-8, 294 x 194: (1 f.), 466 pp. illustrated cover. Dark green half-maroquin with corners, spine gilt, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Bretault)._x000D_ _x000D_ First illustrated edition, published in 59 issues from May to December 1878. It is illustrated with 62 large woodcuts, including one on the title, one in the text and 60 full-page compositions by André Gill, Frédéric Régamey, Bellenger, Clairin, Alfred Garnier, Maurice Leloir, Auguste Renoir, etc._x000D_ _x000D_ Un des 130 exemplaires numérotés sur papier de Hollande (n° 15), comprenant une suite des gravures sur chine avant la lettre._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ This copy is enriched with an engraving by Clairin in 12-page format, as well as an interesting L.A.S. from the painter and illustrator Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934), one page in-12, about drawings for L'Assommoir: "I accept with pleasure our new agreements 200f the exclusive right of each drawing of the Assommoir with the property remaining to me". There is also at the end a notice on Zola, taken from an album._x000D_ _x000D_ Spine faded, tear on one edge of the second cover. Scattered foxing.