Jules Verne, L'Ile a Helice, A un Elephant & Cartouche
Outstanding volume from Hetzel's French edition A Un Elephant (le titre dans la cartouche) from the Voyages Extraordinaires series by Jules Verne. It includes the novel L'Ile a l'Helice (The Floating Island, or The Pearl of the Pacific) with illustrations by L. Bennet including chromolithograph engravings, and three maps. Collection Hetzel, Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation, published by Pierre Jules Hetzel et Cie, Paris. Vibrant gilding on bright red cover with fresh foliage and tight biding.
Artist: Jules Verne (French 1828-1905)
Issued: 1905-1914
Dimensions: 7.50"W x 11"H x 1.60"D
Manufacturer: Hetzel
Country of Origin: France
Provenance: Collection of Marie-Claude Lalique
Condition Report: Very good. Minor foxing. Minimal loosening from spine between pages 328-329.
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Outstanding volume from Hetzel's French edition A Un Elephant (le titre dans la cartouche) from the Voyages Extraordinaires series by Jules Verne. It includes the novel L'Ile a l'Helice (The Floating Island, or The Pearl of the Pacific) with illustrations by L. Bennet including chromolithograph engravings, and three maps. Collection Hetzel, Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation, published by Pierre Jules Hetzel et Cie, Paris. Vibrant gilding on bright red cover with fresh foliage and tight biding.
Artist: Jules Verne (French 1828-1905)
Issued: 1905-1914
Dimensions: 7.50"W x 11"H x 1.60"D
Manufacturer: Hetzel
Country of Origin: France
Provenance: Collection of Marie-Claude Lalique
Condition Report: Very good. Minor foxing. Minimal loosening from spine between pages 328-329.
