Jules Verne - Le tour du monde en 80 jours - 1880

VERNE, Jules
Around the World in Eighty Days
Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, 18 rue Jacob, undated; 1880, catalogue at the end of the volume.

8vo (publisher’s cloth binding). Full red percaline of the type with the initials. First board adorned with a rich gilded geometric and floral border, with two central medallions (initials JV and H) and the title in gilded letters in an oval central medallion.

Second board plain percaline with a circular, gilt-stamped central floral motif.

Spine smooth, richly gilded with compartments and the title. Gilt edges.

Work illustrated with original drawings by A. de Neuville and L. Benett, wood-engraved.

Very beautiful overall condition, percaline with deep, uniform tones; the golds bright and clean on the upper board and spine. Corners and crowns in good condition.

Clean and well preserved, original endpapers clean, complete with its in- and out-of-text illustrations after De Neuville and Benett.

Very fine copy.