VERNE Jules - Lot 361

VERNE Jules Voyages and adventures of Captain Hatteras. J. Hetzel Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation Paris 1867. Ill. by Riou. Large double in-8, personalized turf-green percaline publisher's boards, "à la guirlande" plate. The vignette shows the Forward sailing amidst icebergs. Gilt edges, original endpapers, first-edition interior with, notably, the engraving on page 25, showing sailors drinking, which was quickly replaced afterwards. First illustrated double cardboard binding of Les Voyages extraordinaires in its rare "grass green" color, which brings out the golds on the first cover. Free of foxing inside. Slight restoration. Lenègre bookbinder. First double volume in one of the rarest colors.