[ZOLA (Émile)] - ROD (Édouard). À propos de l'Assommoir. Paris : C. Marpon, E. Flammarion, 1879. - In-18, 185 x 116: 106 pp, (1 f.), printed cover. Red half-maroquin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Canape et Corriez). Rare first edition of this polemical opuscule by Swiss critic and writer Édouard Rod, written in collaboration with Émile Zola. Rod was a disciple and friend of Zola, and this pamphlet bears witness to this, constituting a veritable defense of the latter and of the naturalist movement. A very fine copy bound by Canape et Corriez. A perfectly preserved copy, despite a few scattered brown spots.