Jules Verne.

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Jules Verne.
Captain Grant's children. Voyage around the world. 172 ill. by Riou. Paris, Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation, J. Hetzel. S.D. (1868). Large triple in-8. Publisher's personalized orange percaline boards bearing the words "Les Enfants / du capitaine Grant / Voyage autour du Monde / par / Jules Verne / Les Voyages Extraordinaires / Edition J. Hetzel" with, in the center, a vignette representing the Duncan sailing as well as a coastal landscape where a character is walking and a planisphere. Magnier bookbinder. Gilt edges. Beige-mauve endpapers. Printed by Jules Bonaventure. First edition illustrated in its wonderful orange cardboard with well-struck golds of the first plate. Spine golds a little weaker characteristic of the orange color. Fine and skillful restoration.
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