Scotland] The Black Indies / [Seas and Oceans] The Chancellor / [Peru] Martin Paz by Jules Verne. Illustrations by Férat (Les Indes-Noires and Martin Paz) and Riou (Le Chancellor). Collection Hetzel, sd (ca 1903 for the hardback). Large double in-8°. Polychrome publisher's boards "with golden globe" of the 4th type. Engel Binder. Gilt edges. Blue endpapers. Printed by Belin. Six off-text plates in colours. A splendid copy of this title which is still very rare in double boards and in particular in the version "au globe doré" when it includes the off-text plates in colours (appeared in 1903). The gutter is perfect and the inner sections free of foxing. Exceptional!

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