Jules Verne.

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Jules Verne.
Five weeks in a balloon / Journey to the center of the Earth. Ill. by Riou and de Montaut (Cinq semaines en ballon); Riou (Voyage au center...). Paris, Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation, J. Hetzel. S.D. (1869); 1867. Large double in-8. Customized type 2 cobalt blue percaline publisher's boards with the words "Voyages extraordinaires" and "Jules Verne" on the first board with, in the center, a vignette showing Professor Fergusson's disabled balloon and the antediluvian fauna of the bowels of the Earth. Lenègre bookbinder. Gilt edges. Original grey endpapers. Imp. Bonaventure. Third illustrated edition for Cinq semaines en ballon (1869) and first illustrated edition for Voyage au center de la Terre (1867). Superb custom boards with gleaming golds on the first board reinforced by the very nice blue color. Very skilful restorations.
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