Le Testament d'un excentrique

VERNE Jules
Le Testament d'un excentrique [The Will of an Eccentric]
Hetzel, Paris 1899, 18,5 x 28 cm, publisher's binding
First edition with 61 illustrations by Georges Roux, of which 20 large color plates and chromotypographic plates, 35 photographic views of the United States (cities and landscapes), a folding map of the USA and one of the Game of the Goose. This work had only one second edition in 1905 (with an à un éléphant binding).
Publisher's binding au globe doré, the design signed by Blancheland and bound by Souze. Dos au phare spine.
Spine uniformly sunned, head- and tail-pieces a little rubbed, one small lack to head of joint of upper cover, joint of lower cover discolored. Spotting.
$ 750