ZOLA (Emile), Guy de Maupassant, J.-K. Huysmans, Henry Céard - Lot 149

ZOLA (Emile), Guy de Maupassant, J.-K. Huysmans, Henry Céard, Léon Hennique, Paul Alexis. Les Soirées de Médan. P., Charpentier, 1880. In-12, Bradel contemporary blue half-chagrin, untrimmed. ORIGINAL EDITION, rare. The book contains the following short stories: Zola- L'attaque du Moulin ; Maupassant - Boule de suif ; Huysmans - Sac au dos ; Céard - La saignée ; Hennique - L'affaire du grand 7 ; Alexis- Après la bataille. EXEMPLAIRE DE LUDOVIC HALEVY, bound in the period, with full margins, bearing a flyleaf with a signed dedication from the book's six authors, another flyleaf, signed by Halévy, mentions this autograph dedication and a printed letter from Guy de Maupassant published in 1880 relating to this work and added at the end of the present copy. Provenance : - Ludovic Halévy (bookplate). Vicaire VII, 567; Carteret II,337.