Jules Verne - [Rarissime première édition in-18] Le pays des fourrures - 1873

VERNE, JULES. — THE LAND OF FURs (PARIS, HETZEL, [c. 1873], ORIGINAL IN-18 EDITION IN PERIOD BINDING).
Paris: J. Hetzel et Cie, [c. 1873-1875].
2 VOLUMES IN 1 VOLUME IN-18. HALF-LEATHER OF THE PERIOD, SPINE DECORATED WITH A MAROQUIN TITLE PIECE.

Precious and extremely rare in-18 edition printed by Hetzel alongside the large illustrated in-8° editions. The copy is appealing for its very clean period half-leather binding and its identified regional provenance (Dr A. Coussadière).

Copy very well preserved for an in-18 Hetzel.
Solid and fresh period half-leather, spine nicely straight, corners slightly rubbed, paper of the boards clean.
Period paper slightly uniformly yellowed, title page well preserved with its publisher’s mark « JH » and the ex-libris medical stamp, marbled endpapers intact.

Very rare, especially in this condition!