Émile ZOLALivre Rare Book
Zola, Emile (1840-1902)Biblio.com
Abbe Mouret's Transgressions A Realistic Novel
18903521Chicago: Laird & Lee Publishers 1890. Translated from the 52nd French Edition. Hardcover. pp. 283 6. 12mo. measuring 7.25" x 5". Plain black pebbled cloth over boards. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece depicting a scene from the novel. Remarkably well-preserved in consideration of its age the extremities show only a very light touch of edgewear to the tips pages lightly age-toned but remain entirely without blemish. Overall very good. Scarce in commerce our offering being the only extant copy at time of cataloguing of this iteration. <br/><br/>Originally published in French as "La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret" in 1875 our offering is a particularly early American printing of this the fifth volume in Zola's twenty-volume series commonly known as "Les Rougon-Macquart" or "Histoire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le Second Empire". This English translation was most likely based upon Vizetelly & Co.'s 1886 printing the translator remains unknown See OCLC Ciration #1536033. Laird & Lee Publishers hardcover
