Seas and Oceans] A floating city / [Africa] Adventures of 3 Russians and 3 English by Jules Verne. Illustrations by Férat. Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel Éditeur, sd (ca 1893). Large double in-8°. Publisher's full percaline polychrome boards "with glued portrait". Lenègre bookbinder. Gilt edges. Blue endpapers. Printed by Gauthier-Villars. Three off-texts in colours (for Une ville flottante). Catalogue "GK" for 1892-1893. Spine slightly oiled. Some foxing. Otherwise a beautiful copy of this very rare title in polychrome boards. In his bibliography, Philippe Jauzac indicates that the three hors-texts of Une ville flottante in the boards "au portrait collé" are drawn in sanguine whereas those of this copy are drawn in colours.

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