Jules Verne.

Lot 15
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Estimation :
2500 - 3000 EUR
Jules Verne.
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers 111 ill. by de Neuville. Paris, Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation, J. Hetzel. S.D. (1872). Large double in-8. Customized caramel percaline type 2 boards showing Captain Nemo and Professor Arronax observing, through the porthole of the Nautilus, the pearl fisherman swimming among sea creatures. Lenègre bookbinder. Gilt edges. Original grey-blue endpapers. Imp. Bonaventure. Extremely rare illustrated first edition in type 2 "à l'étoile". First plate very luminous with the golds coming out well with the caramel color. Nice gutter. Ors of the back slightly weaker.
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