De la terre à la lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes - Autour de la lune

New edition, illustrated with 41 engravings and one map for From the Earth to the Moon by De Montaut and engraved by Pannemaker, and with 44 engravings by Bayard and Neuville engraved by Hildibrand
Binding known as "au globe doré" type 4, second cover Engel i, spine with lighthouse.
Original blue endpapers lightly yellowed at margins as usual, headcaps somewhat rubbed, joints cracked at head and foot.
Handsome copy.
Mythical science fiction titles by the author, rare in this binding. In the first novel of this diptych, the Gun Club of Baltimore, after the Civil War, attempts to send men to the moon in a shell. In Around the Moon, three men are fired from a cannon in a shell bound for the moon. We know how much Verne's imagination, based on scientific knowledge, would prove prophetic and inspire numerous artists.