Vignettes Ferat (2 results)

Reprint (originally published in 1872). Octavo (27cm); red cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover, and decoration blind stamped to rear cover; gilt topstain; [iv],[1],2-204,[2]pp; black-and-white vignettes to frontispiece and throughout. Text in French. La Grande Librairie sticker to lower rear pastedown. Lightly spine-faded with light oxidation to spine titling, slight spine lean, shelf-wear, and faint tanning to page margins; Very Good. "From the 1870s on, JV's work tended to repeat itself in gradually darkening hues, though he never lost the sense of the fundamental usableness of science and technology, a sense vital to 20-century sf [science fiction], where - as with JV - usableness tends to serve as its own justification" (see Clute & Nicholls, The Encycopedia of Science Fiction, p.1277). CLUTE & NICHOLLS, p. 1277. [88417].

A Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie, Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation - Imprimerie Gautier-Villars - 1872 - In-4, demi chagrin rouge, 4 nerfs, titre, fleurons et filets dorés au dos - 170 + 202 pages Bon état - Menus frottements sur les bords et plats - Coins très légèrement frottés - Rousseurs sur certaines pages - Cuir légèrement érodé.