VERNE (Jules). - Lot 98

VERNE (Jules). De la Terre à la Lune trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes followed by Autour de la Lune. Paris: Bibliothèque d'éducation et de récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1898]. - In-8 double, 273x177: (4 ff.), 170 pp., (1 f.), 4 plates; (2 ff.), 180 pp. 7 pp. of cat. 4 plates. Gilt globe" polychrome boards, lighthouse spine, gilt edges (Engel). Edition illustrated with compositions by Henri de Montaut for De la Terre à la Lune, including 4 hors-texts in color, and by Émile Bayard and de Neuville for Autour de la Lune, also including 4 hors-texts in color. Copy in its type 3 polychrome "golden globe" boards, with lighthouse spine. The second cover is Engel type "h". Y catalog (1897-1898) bound at end. Spine slightly faded, small scratches to second board.