Jules Verne

The Exploration of the World: Famous Travels and Travellers.

Jules Verne. Dora Leigh, translator. L[éon] Benett and P[aul] Phillippoteaux, illustrators. The Exploration of the World: Famous Travels and Travellers. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1879. First American edition.
Quarto. 432pp + 4pp ads. Profusely illustrated with drawings by Benett and Phillippoteaux, plus maps, facsimiles. Publisher’s green pictorial cloth, stamped in black and gilt to spine and front cover, grey top-stain.

Extremities gently rubbed, bumped, and edgeworn; front hinge gently cracked; minor uniform toning throughout; occasional thumbsoiling; bookplate of Joseph Spiegel. Item #1419

Price: $275.00