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LOT 45:
Jules Verne, The Cinq Cents Millions, Initiales Dorees, JV
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Jules Verne, The Cinq Cents Millions, Initiales Dorees, JV
Very rare volume from Hetzel's French edition Aux Initiales Dorees, JV, Voyages Extraordinaires by writer Jules Verne. It includes Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Begum and Les Revoltes de la Bounty (The Begum's Fortune; Mutineers of the Bounty) with illustrations by Leon Benett; catalogue AB for 1880. Dedication in ink: A mon cher petit Jean en souvenir de ses succes de 1937, son grand oncle, illegible. Collection Hetzel, Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation, published by Pierre Jules Hetzel et Cie, Paris.
Artist: Jules Verne (French 1828-1905)
Issued: 1879
Dimensions: 7.25"W x 10.75"H x 0.70"D
Manufacturer: Hetzel
Country of Origin: France
Provenance: Collection of Marie-Claude Lalique
Condition: Good. Loosening of spine by back cover. Partial tear on upper spine
