La terre

first edition.
Half shagreen binding, back with four nerves set with golden threads and adorned with triple gilded boxes, volume number gilded on the back, some slight friction on the caps, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, sprinkled edges, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Emile Zola: "To my dear friend Ballé, his devoted."
Some foxing.
Nice copy pleasantly established.