ZOLA (Émile): Theatre. Notes et Commentaires de Maurice Le Blond. Text from the Eugène Fasquelle edition, Paris: François Bernouard, [1927]. -2 volumes in-8, havane morocco, large vertical band decorated with gilded lozenges at center of boards, ornate smooth spine, gilded bold fillet and three gilded squares at corners inside, gilded head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, case (René Kieffer). Edition printed at 5325 plus passe copies, remarkably printed by typographer François Bernouard. It is part of the "Collection des Œuvres complètes" by Émile Zola. UNIQUE EXEMPLAIRE, one of 225 on Vergé de Rives, ENRICHED WITH 80 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY THE PAINTER ÉMILIEN DUFOUR (1894-1975). These drawings, all out-of-text, have been bound into the two volumes in sets of 4. The first of the 4 is the finished drawing, in watercolor and gouache, signed, while the other 3 are mostly black studies. A very fine, well-preserved copy bound by René Kieffer.