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LOT 21:

Jules Verne, Une Ville Flottante, Collection Portrait Colle

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Jules Verne, Une Ville Flottante, Collection Portrait Colle
Beautiful volume from Hetzel's French edition Au Portrait Colle Voyages Extraordinaires by writer Jules Verne published between 1892-1895. Polychrome second cover Lenegre type e. It includes the novels Une Ville Flottante; Les Forceurs de Blocus; Aventures de Trois Russes et de Trois Anglais (A Floating City; The Blockade Runners; The Adventures of Three Russians and Three Englishmen) with black & white and color illustrations by Ferat. Includes the new catalogue for 1893-1894. Inscribed on recto of front cover: En souvenir de grand maman pour (illegible) 1895. Collection Hetzel, Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation, published by Pierre Jules Hetzel et Cie, Paris.

Artist: Jules Verne (French 1828-1905)
Issued: 1894
Dimensions: 7.25"W x 11"H x 1.40"D
Manufacturer: Hetzel
Country of Origin: France
Provenance: Collection of Marie-Claude Lalique

Condition: Very good. Minor wear on spine corners.

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