Jules Verne, La Chasse au Meteore & Le Pilote, A Un Elephant
Outstanding double volume from Hetzel's French edition A Un Elephant et a l'Eventail (au titre dans l'eventail: title in fan) from the Voyages Extraordinaires series by Jules Verne. It includes La Chasse au Meteore and Le Pilote du Danube (The Chase of the Golden Meteor & The Danube Pilot) with black & white and color illustrations by Georges Roux. 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: 1908
Dimensions: 7.50"W x 11"H x 1.50"D
Manufacturer: Hetzel
Country of Origin: France
Provenance: Collection of Marie-Claude Lalique
Condition Report: Very good. Minor foxing. Minimal dulling on top corner of spine.
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Outstanding double volume from Hetzel's French edition A Un Elephant et a l'Eventail (au titre dans l'eventail: title in fan) from the Voyages Extraordinaires series by Jules Verne. It includes La Chasse au Meteore and Le Pilote du Danube (The Chase of the Golden Meteor & The Danube Pilot) with black & white and color illustrations by Georges Roux. 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: 1908
Dimensions: 7.50"W x 11"H x 1.50"D
Manufacturer: Hetzel
Country of Origin: France
Provenance: Collection of Marie-Claude Lalique
Condition Report: Very good. Minor foxing. Minimal dulling on top corner of spine.
