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Doctor Pascal, or, Life and Heredity
Emile Zola
1893
Chatto & Windus : London
7.5" by 5"
xviii [2], 354, [2] 32 pp.
SUMMARY
First English edition of Zola’s Doctor Pascal, the scientific and philosophical finale to the Rougon-Macquart series.
First Edition,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 19.99
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DESCRIPTION
First English edition, translated from the French by Ernest A. Vizetelly. The original Le Docteur Pascal was first published in 1893 as the final novel in Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series.
A scientific and philosophical novel centred on Doctor Pascal Rougon, who studies heredity within his own family, tracing patterns of illness and degeneration across generations.
Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Zola. 32 pages of publisher's advertisements to rear.
Emile Zola (1840-1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, and leading figure of French Naturalism, who sought to apply scientific principles to fiction. Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prizes in Literature in 1901 and 1902.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight discolouration to spine and extremities. The odd faint handling mark to rear board. Slight crease to cloth of rear board. Very minor shelf wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned. One or two spots to fore edge.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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