First edition, one of 340 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe paper issue.
Bound in brown half morocco with corners, smooth spine, marbled endpapers, original wrappers preserved.
Some discreet restorations to the spine and joints.
Our copy, with full margins, retains the folding genealogical table of the Rougon-Macquart.
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on China paper, the only copies printed on deluxe paper.
A pleasing copy.
Illustrated with plates by Louis Dunki.
First collected edition of the French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin alfa, the only copies printed on deluxe paper.
A handsome copy, with only a few insignificant foxing spots to the edges.
First edition of this collection of articles that Émile Zola wrote during the Dreyfus Affair, notably the famous « J'Accuse...?! » which appears for the first time in volume form. The last part entitled Mon Père is a compilation of articles in homage to François Zola.
Half binding, smooth spine, original wrappers preserved, binding signed C. Vilaine.
Autograph inscription by Émile Zola to historian and journalist Maurice Dreyfous.
First edition.
3/4 red morocco, smooth spine elaborately decorated with gilt typographic motifs and green morocco onlays, crossed musketeer swords gilt-stamped at center of spine, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards framed in gilt, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine (slightly toned) preserved, top edge gilt, small restorations to corners and spine color restored.
Rare inscribed copy signed by Edmond Rostand: "A Monsieur Henry Fouquier avec ma reconnaissance la plus cordiale. Edmond Rostand."
Edition published the same year as the first.
Contemporary red half shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands framed by gilt and black fillets, a few minor scuffs to spine and covers, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two slightly bumped corners.
A few light, insignificant spots of foxing.
First edition, one of the 50 numbered copies on papier japon, the only grands papiers (deluxe copies). One of the few named copies, this one printed especially for Dr. Anselme Weill.
Half red morocco binding, top edge gilt. Original wrappers preserved
Very rare copy signed and inscribed by Alfred Dreyfus: “au Dr Weill, Souvenir reconnaissant et affectueux. A. Dreyfus” (“to Dr. Weill, grateful and affectionate souvenir. A. Dreyfus”)
The last letters of the word “affectueux” trimmed by the binder.
Dr. Anselme Weill was charged with the difficult task of announcing to the Dreyfus family the news of Alfred's life sentence and formal degradation. In his book Affaire Dreyfus, L'Honneur d'un patriote, Vincent Duclert writes: “Mathieu [Dreyfus, Alfred's brother] had asked a relative of the Hadamard family, Dr. Weill, to wait for the announcement of the verdict and to bring the news to the apartment on rue de Châteaudun, where a small group of friends and family members was waiting. He arrived at half past seven in the evening.” He also reveals that Anselme Weill had testified on behalf of Alfred Dreyfus at his trial: “Other allegations could be rejected, for example those directed towards Dr. Weill, whose wife was a third cousin of Lucie Dreyfus. 'I attest, as the very frequent, almost daily relations that I had with him as a relative, as a doctor and as a friend, allow me to do so, I attest that Dreyfus was always a perfect husband, and that I never knew him to be a gambler nor a libertine. However, it is just the opposite that I am made to say, and I protest against these allegations. I have nothing to add', he declared to the court.”
As expected, Alfred Dreyfus sent one of the rare copies on papier japon to Weill, his cousin, friend and one of his most ardent defenders.
The copies printed on papier japon (probably 25 numbered copies sold by subscription and 25 named copies for close friends and main supporters) inscribed by Alfred Dreyfus are extremely rare. Only a few recipients are known: Émile Zola, Colonel Picquart, Dr. Brissaud, Emmanuel Vidal-Nacquet, Mrs. Henri Bernheim (his niece), Bernard Lazare (now in the Musée de Bretagne) and Sacha Guitry.
Provenance: library of Anselme Weill.
Rare and handsome uncut copy.
