ZOLA (Émile). La Joie de vivre. Paris: G. Charpentier et Cie, 1884. - In-18, 179 x 122: (2 ff.), 447 pp. printed cover. Red half-maroquin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (20th century binding). First edition of the twelfth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series. A pre-original, non-commercial edition had been published by the newspaper Gil Blas the previous year. One of 150 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper edition (no. 78). A fine copy. The binding, perfectly executed, is unsigned. Slight rubbing to spine, minor spotting to corners.