In-8 (187 x 130 mm), (2) ff, 636 pp, covers and spine preserved. Full red morocco, smooth spine, gilt author, title and date, gilt head (Creuzevault).
First edition. A VERY RARE COPY, ONE OF 33 ON JAPON. Published on 24 June 1892, La Débâcle is the penultimate volume of Les Rougon-Macquart. It was originally published as a serial in La Vie populaire from 21 February to 21 July 1891.
‘The Debacle... it's not just the war, it's the collapse of a dynasty, it's the collapse of an era’. In an article in Le Figaro, he wrote: "There is no point in hiding or excusing our defeats. We must explain them and accept the terrible lesson they teach us. A nation that has survived such a catastrophe is an immortal nation.
Small restoration in the form of a red dot on the top of the headpiece. From the Ricardo Olivera library; his stamps.
Vicaire, VII, 1215 ; Carteret, II, 488 ; Clouzot, 279.
