Decouverte de la Terre (Les Grands Voyages et les Grands Voyageurs, 1)
Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation / J. Hetzel et Cie. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Text in French. First edition. Red cloth with black- and gilt-stamped titling and illustration, with elaborate square decorations at spine, and front panel framed around ornate naval imagery. Rear panel stamped in black only, with a complex border around a spherical publisher's logo. Cloth a little rubbed, bumped to spine ends, but overall clean and bright; the gilt is especially sharp and beautiful. Spine square. Binding sound. Gilt page edges. Pages toned, with occasional foxing; heavy foxing to tissue guard between frontis and title page. Interior else clean and unmarked. Lavishly illustrated throughout, with frontispiece, title page decoration, three illustrated chapter headings, 54 in-text illustrations, and 58 full-page illustrations or maps. Used: Very Good. Item #BBS-2023023
Price: $850.00