VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE AVANT 1900...
Paris: Librairie Furne, Jouvet & Cie Editeurs, n.d., [1892?]. Large oblong octavo, color lithograph title leaf, 1 leaf (preface), 50 leaves of text, each with large color lithograph illustrating the text, original pictorial red cloth, front panel stamped in black, gold and silver (depicting a balloon sailing through a cloudy sky towards the moon), rear panel stamped in black, a.e.g. First edition. Farcical dream voyage by balloon to the moon that is inhabited by several humanoid races and numerous voracious beasts, including giant spiders and vampire bats. [Reference: Versins, Encyclopédie de l'Utopie, des Voyages Extraordinaires, et de la Science Fiction, p. 23 (dating 1892). Rynin I, 96]. Some scattered foxing and soiling to leaves, wear to corners and spine ends, small nick to rear cover, a very good copy of a rare and very amusing book. Two copies in OCLC. Not in RLIN; apparently not in the Bibliotheque Nationale. (30758). Item #30758
Price: $3,000.00