The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. Illustrations... - Lot 50 - Giquello

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The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. Illustrations... - Lot 50 - Giquello
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. Illustrations by Férat. Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, sd (1875). Large triple in-8°. Publisher's full violet percaline boards "with two elephants" Engel and cartouche in negative. Engel & Fils bookbinders. Gilt edges. Brown endpapers. Catalog without mention for 1875-1876. Printed by Gauthier-Villars. First illustrated edition and first simultaneous binding with the personalized trial binding. Spine (badly) re-stained. 1st endpaper cracked. Small soiling at the head of the hinge of the second. Otherwise, both boards are superb and the inner quires free of foxing. Very scarce, in any case.
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