Fat and Thin. (Le Ventre de Paris). A Realistic Novel. [Translated from the French of 'Le Ventre de Paris' (The Belly of Paris)].
London: Vizetelly &Co., 42, Catherine Street, Strand; H. Blacklock & Co., Printers, 1888. Thick octavo (19.5 x 13.5 cm.), 336 pages. Illustrated with eight plates of engravings. FIRST UK EDITION. Emile Zola's grand naturalist description of "the Belly of Paris", Les Halles, "translated from the 24th French edition" by the publisher, Henry Vizetelly. While this edition is often put forward as the "first English language edition", that honor is held.....