VERNE Jules - Lot 366

VERNE Jules Captain Grant's children. Voyage autour du monde. J. Hetzel Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation Paris s.d. (1868). 172 ill. by Riou. E.O. Large triple in-8. Publisher's custom "marron glacé" percaline boards inscribed "Les Enfants / du capitaine Grant / Voyage autour du Monde / par / Jules Verne / Les Voyages Extraordinaires / Edition J. Hetzel" with central vignette of the Duncan sailing, coastal landscape with walking figure and planisphere. Gilt edges. Beige and mauve endpapers. Printed by Jules Bonaventure, bound by Magnier. First illustrated edition in its blue boards, the rarest and most sought-after color, with well-stamped golds on the front cover. Slight restoration.