Michel Strogoff, from Moscow to Irkutsk by Jules Verne. Illustrations by Férat. Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, sd (1876). Large double in-8°. Two-tone publisher's cardboard "à la bannière" blue on cherry red background. Lenègre Binder. Gilded edges. Blue endpapers. Printed by Gauthier-Villars. First illustrated edition and first concomitant binding with the one "aux deux éléphants" of Engel et Fils type. Covers rubbed. Small discolorations on the second board. A few pages out of order. Freckles in places. This volume is nevertheless a beautiful copy well pinched and of very good condition.

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