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Les Indes-Noires / Le Chancellor / Martin Paz...

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Les Indes-Noires / Le Chancellor / Martin Paz by Jules Verne. Illustrations by Férat (Les Indes-Noires and Martin Paz) and Riou (Le Chancellor). Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, sd (ca 1877). Large double in-8°. Publisher's full sky blue percaline "aux fleurs de lys" or "Calatrava" of the 2nd type. No indication of binder. Gilt edges. Orange bristol guards. Printed by Gauthier-Villars. Original illustrated editions and first double cardboard (probably) concomitant with the versions "à la bannière" and "à la grenade". Top cover restored. Lower cover removed. Discoloration on the upper right of the first plate, and on the upper left of the second. Copy a little out of order. Otherwise, a very decent copy of this rarity from the collection of Dr. Camplez, here in a remarkable shade. In the December 1999 sale, where this same volume was sold, the expert Michel Rœthel indicated that it was probably a unique copy. Indeed, it seems that no other copy has appeared since...