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Le Journal des Voyages. From n°1, July 1877 to n° 1012, November 29, 1896 Le Journal des Voyages. From n°1 July 1877 to n° 1012 November 29, 1896, this first part constituting the first series. Then n°1 December 6, 1896 to n°923 August 9, 1914, constituting the second series (supplemented by several issues, see below). Journal des Voyages / Librairie Illustrée, Paris. Publisher's boards, two distinct series. The first (1877 to 1895, 1st semester): large in-4 (23.5 x 32.4 cm), red percaline, series of cold frames on the boards, smooth spines with title and tombstone on black background, decorated gilded boxes (sun, globe, oil lamp, mystery) / The second (1895 - 1914, up to n°923 of August 9, 1914): large in-4 (23.2 x 32.5 cm), red percaline, beveled boards, tr. gilt. Rich gold and black decoration on front cover and spine (A. Souze). Front cover: large frame of sea anchors, median headband with title, flippers, lion's head, bear on ice floe, gorilla... On spine: buoy, flippers, anchors, arms... Second plate in black: framing fillets, shield and exotic arms in center. Complete hardback collection of the most extraordinary exotic adventure, travel and SF periodical of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. Initially launched by Georges Decaux, a friend of Albert Robida, the magazine wanted to compete with the Tour du monde published by Hachette, but Decaux quickly realized that it could not compete in the realm of real exploration stories, and had to move into the realm of fiction. It was a time of great discoveries and colonial conquests, and French readers were very fond of spicy exotic tales, which the various editors (Armand Montgrédien, Paul Genay, Léon Dewez, Paul Charpentier) delighted in: "Racist, sadistic, chauvinistic, gullible to the point of imbecility, flattering the worst instincts of the Beast, making images [...] the very medium of man's subconscious enslaved by his inner shit, in short, everything to please, but marvelous in its imagination and rich in almost everything that popular adventure literature had to offer at the time, the Journal des Voyages et des Aventures de terre et de mer is perhaps the only periodical in the world to have crushed three quarters of a century with its somewhat sulphurous magnificence" (Pierre Versins, in Encyclopédie de l'utopie des voyages extraordinaires et de la science-fiction). Versins' comment is terrible, but not unfounded, even if we need to put it in context. In these times of colonial conquest, readers are thirsty for exotic details: the unknown, the dream, lies beyond the seas, and some of their children are going there, spurred on by national propaganda glorifying the conquest and the contribution of French civilization. So it's true, everything is there to attract the reader, the best and the worst, and it has to be said, often the worst: inhospitality, strange habits, barbaric customs, erotic undertones, torture, ferocious animals... The covers sacrifice themselves to voyeurism (the arrival of color doesn't help matters!), the texts conceal nothing and even add a lot. But - failing to publish true travel stories - the magazine attracted and pre-published the greatest French adventure writers: Paul d'Ivoi, Louis Boussenard, Capitaine Danrit, Henry Leturque, Pierre Maël, Louis Jacolliot, Camille Debans, Georges Le Faure... Utopian, colonial, military, geographical, detective and fantasy adventure novels, set in all parts of the world, known and unknown, illustrated by all the popular illustrators of the day: Bombled, Conrad, Métivet, Thiriet, Beuzon, Lecomte, Tinayre... The first series is presented in a rather modest publisher's slipcase, while the second is covered in one of the finest series slipcases of the late 19th century. The last volume of the first series includes the first half of 1895, which is included in the first volume of the second series (1895). A few issues (925, 926, 927 and 928) are included, as the series was interrupted when Paul Charpentier, the last editor-in-chief, was called up for military service. Publication continued until July 1915, with uncertain regularity, when most articles were devoted to the war in progress. A complete set in cardboard, quite exceptional. There are, of course, a few flaws: the spines of the first series (fairly inexpensive manufacture) are faded, and some corners and headpieces are damaged. Thirty-eight hardback volumes for dreaming, shivering and trembling; voyages and adventures, real and imaginary, from which Tintin, J

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Le Journal des Voyages. From n°1, July 1877 to n° 1012, November 29, 1896 Le Journal des Voyages. From n°1 July 1877 to n° 1012 November 29, 1896, this first part constituting the first series. Then n°1 December 6, 1896 to n°923 August 9, 1914, constituting the second series (supplemented by several issues, see below). Journal des Voyages / Librairie Illustrée, Paris. Publisher's boards, two distinct series. The first (1877 to 1895, 1st semester): large in-4 (23.5 x 32.4 cm), red percaline, series of cold frames on the boards, smooth spines with title and tombstone on black background, decorated gilded boxes (sun, globe, oil lamp, mystery) / The second (1895 - 1914, up to n°923 of August 9, 1914): large in-4 (23.2 x 32.5 cm), red percaline, beveled boards, tr. gilt. Rich gold and black decoration on front cover and spine (A. Souze). Front cover: large frame of sea anchors, median headband with title, flippers, lion's head, bear on ice floe, gorilla... On spine: buoy, flippers, anchors, arms... Second plate in black: framing fillets, shield and exotic arms in center. Complete hardback collection of the most extraordinary exotic adventure, travel and SF periodical of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. Initially launched by Georges Decaux, a friend of Albert Robida, the magazine wanted to compete with the Tour du monde published by Hachette, but Decaux quickly realized that it could not compete in the realm of real exploration stories, and had to move into the realm of fiction. It was a time of great discoveries and colonial conquests, and French readers were very fond of spicy exotic tales, which the various editors (Armand Montgrédien, Paul Genay, Léon Dewez, Paul Charpentier) delighted in: "Racist, sadistic, chauvinistic, gullible to the point of imbecility, flattering the worst instincts of the Beast, making images [...] the very medium of man's subconscious enslaved by his inner shit, in short, everything to please, but marvelous in its imagination and rich in almost everything that popular adventure literature had to offer at the time, the Journal des Voyages et des Aventures de terre et de mer is perhaps the only periodical in the world to have crushed three quarters of a century with its somewhat sulphurous magnificence" (Pierre Versins, in Encyclopédie de l'utopie des voyages extraordinaires et de la science-fiction). Versins' comment is terrible, but not unfounded, even if we need to put it in context. In these times of colonial conquest, readers are thirsty for exotic details: the unknown, the dream, lies beyond the seas, and some of their children are going there, spurred on by national propaganda glorifying the conquest and the contribution of French civilization. So it's true, everything is there to attract the reader, the best and the worst, and it has to be said, often the worst: inhospitality, strange habits, barbaric customs, erotic undertones, torture, ferocious animals... The covers sacrifice themselves to voyeurism (the arrival of color doesn't help matters!), the texts conceal nothing and even add a lot. But - failing to publish true travel stories - the magazine attracted and pre-published the greatest French adventure writers: Paul d'Ivoi, Louis Boussenard, Capitaine Danrit, Henry Leturque, Pierre Maël, Louis Jacolliot, Camille Debans, Georges Le Faure... Utopian, colonial, military, geographical, detective and fantasy adventure novels, set in all parts of the world, known and unknown, illustrated by all the popular illustrators of the day: Bombled, Conrad, Métivet, Thiriet, Beuzon, Lecomte, Tinayre... The first series is presented in a rather modest publisher's slipcase, while the second is covered in one of the finest series slipcases of the late 19th century. The last volume of the first series includes the first half of 1895, which is included in the first volume of the second series (1895). A few issues (925, 926, 927 and 928) are included, as the series was interrupted when Paul Charpentier, the last editor-in-chief, was called up for military service. Publication continued until July 1915, with uncertain regularity, when most articles were devoted to the war in progress. A complete set in cardboard, quite exceptional. There are, of course, a few flaws: the spines of the first series (fairly inexpensive manufacture) are faded, and some corners and headpieces are damaged. Thirty-eight hardback volumes for dreaming, shivering and trembling; voyages and adventures, real and imaginary, from which Tintin, J

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