Celestial spaces] From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon by Jules Verne. Illustrations by de Montaut (From the Earth to the Moon) and Émile Bayard and A. de Neuville (Around the Moon). Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, sd (ca 1879). Large double in-8°. Publisher's full grass green percaline binding "aux deux éléphants" with Lenègre type "b" second board. A. Lenègre bookbinder. Gilt edges. Blue endpapers. Printed by Gauthier-Villars. Catalogue "AB" for 1879-1880. Page 21 is originally folded (the cutting and gilding were done afterwards). Copy in an exceptional condition, close to new. What can we say about this rarity in such a magnificent colour, except that we have no memory of having seen another copy in such a condition! Stunning! Preferring the plate "au monde solaire", Hetzel interrupted the production of the cartonnage "aux deux éléphants" for this title in early 1883. The version "aux deux éléphants" of this title is particularly rare, especially in another color than red.