Jules Verne.

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Jules Verne.
Voyages and adventures of captain Hatteras. Ill. by Riou. Paris, Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation, J. Hetzel.1867. Large double in-8. Publisher's custom green cloth boards, plate "à la guirlande". The vignette shows the Forward sailing among icebergs. Lenègre bookbinder. Gilt edges. Original endpapers. First edition interior with, notably, the engraving on page 25, showing sailors drinking, which was quickly replaced afterwards. First double illustrated cardboard of the Extraordinary Journeys in its rare "grass green" color which brings out the golds of the first plate. Interior free of foxing. First double volume in one of the rarest colors.
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