ZOLA (Émile) Paris, Achille Faure, 1866. Mes haines. Literary and artistic chatter. In-12 (18,3 x 11,4 cm), bradel half caramel cloth with corners, smooth spine, covers and spine preserved (E. Carayon). Partly first edition. There was no large paper for this work. The six-page publisher's catalogue is present. Signed hand-written letter from Zola to Gustave Bourdin "to my colleague and my friend". It was through Gustave Bourdin, a journalist and son-in-law of Figaro founder Hippolyte de Villemessant, that Zola obtained the literary section of the newspaper L'Événement, founded by Villemessant. Original cover and spine soiled, handwritten note in pencil erased on the flyleaf, light foxing on a few leaves, transfer of the mailing on the title page. Provenance : Gustave Bourdin (consignment). Bibliography: Carteret, Romantique et moderne, II, 490.