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LOT 13:

Jules Verne, L'Etoile du Sud, Collection Au Portrait Colle

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Jules Verne, L'Etoile du Sud, Collection Au Portrait Colle
Excellent volume from Hetzel's French edition Au Portrait Colle Voyages Extraordinaires by writer Jules Verne published between 1892-1895. It includes the novels?L'Etoile du Sud (The Vanished Diamond, or The Southern Star) with 60 illustrations and one map, and L'Archipel en Feu (The Archipelago on Fire) with 49 illustrations and two maps by Benett. Includes the new catalogue for 1884-1886. Sticker on verso of front cover: Librairie Laurencier, Bordeaux, France. Collection Hetzel, Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation, published by Pierre Jules Hetzel et Cie, Paris.

Artist: Jules Verne (French 1828-1905)
Issued: 1892
Dimensions: 7.25"W x 11"H x 1.40"D
Manufacturer: Hetzel
Country of Origin: France
Provenance: Collection of Marie-Claude Lalique

Condition: Good. Some soiling on the end catalogue and minor foxing. Some color loss on cover.

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