Jules Verne - Le testament d’un excentrique - 1898

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Jules Verne’s illustrated French edition of *Le testament d’un excentrique*, published in 1898, has 400 pages and a polychrome publisher’s binding with gilt edges.

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VERNE, JULES. — THE WILL OF AN ECCENTRIC (PARIS, HETZEL, [1899-1900], GILT-GLOBE BINDING

Paris : Hetzel Collection, [1899-1900].
Large octavo. Publisher's polychrome binding with a pasted-on portrait, gilt edges.
Remarkable copy preserved in its original first publisher's binding, very fresh in appearance.

Copy in good overall condition.
Publisher's polychrome binding is still vivid, gilt plaque and colors of the first cover with a very bright sheen, spine with the lighthouse motif intact with slight wear at the head, second cover with the rosette well defined. Small stains on the second cover. Joints slightly split at the head of the spine.
Covers well bound, bright gilt edges, clean paper, chromotypography plates and folding map well preserved, Hetzel A.V. publisher's catalogue (1899-1900) present at the end.

Beautiful copy.

VERNE, JULES. — THE WILL OF AN ECCENTRIC (PARIS, HETZEL, [1899-1900], GILT-GLOBE BINDING

Paris : Hetzel Collection, [1899-1900].
Large octavo. Publisher's polychrome binding with a pasted-on portrait, gilt edges.
Remarkable copy preserved in its original first publisher's binding, very fresh in appearance.

Copy in good overall condition.
Publisher's polychrome binding is still vivid, gilt plaque and colors of the first cover with a very bright sheen, spine with the lighthouse motif intact with slight wear at the head, second cover with the rosette well defined. Small stains on the second cover. Joints slightly split at the head of the spine.
Covers well bound, bright gilt edges, clean paper, chromotypography plates and folding map well preserved, Hetzel A.V. publisher's catalogue (1899-1900) present at the end.

Beautiful copy.

Details

Number of books
1
Subject
Travels
Book title
Le testament d’un excentrique
Author/ Illustrator
Jules Verne
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1898
Height
28 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
18 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
400
FranceVerified
1235
Objects sold
99%
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