Jules Verne - Les Voyageurs du XIXe siècle - 1880

VERNE, JULES. — LES VOYAGEURS DU XIXE SIÈCLE (PARIS, HETZEL, 1880. ORIGINAL EDITION, READERLY RICHLY ORNATE COVERTURE).
Paris: J. Hetzel, 1880.
Grande octavo. Publisher’s red calfskin binding, first cover illustrated in polychrome.
Splendid original edition of this volume from the General History of Great Voyages and Great Travelers, published in November 1880.

This volume is distinguished by its spectacular publisher’s binding from the great Hetzel era, adorned with intricate gold and black decorations highlighting the instruments of discovery (armillary sphere, engraved maps, compass, and globe). It is one of the aesthetic summits of Jules Verne’s geographical collection.

A remarkably well-preserved copy in its original red calfskin binding with very bright gilt. Very clean spine signed by the binder Engel at the tail, rows crisp and well preserved. Interior of excellent freshness, perfectly complete with its plates and maps.

Written with the collaboration of his friend Gabriel Marcel, this work demonstrates that Jules Verne did not merely imagine his worlds: he documented them with the rigor of an eminent geographer.