Jules Verne - Un capitaine de quinze ans [Rare type 4 "Collection Hetzel"] - 1890

A Captain of Fifteen Years
Jules Verne
Hetzel
1890
376 Pages
28 x 19 cm
1.7 kg

Rare edition of A Captain of Fifteen Years by Jules Verne, published by Hetzel in its two-red-elephant binding of type 4a. "Hetzel Collection" under the cartouche, inaugurated by the 4 Special type of César Cascabel in the same year.
FN catalog for 1890. Binding by Lenègre. Illustration by Souze.
Magnificent first cover with brilliant gilt, second cover very clean.
Spine tarnished. Small repairs at the hinge.
Corners well squared.
Original endpapers in very good condition.
Body of the work in good condition, pages well attached, superb gutter gilding, bright edge gilding, pages with good freshness, a few foxing spots.
Good copy. Rare.