Jules Verne - Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine. Les Voyages Extraordinaires [Illustré]

Jules Verne - Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine. Les Voyages Extraordinaires [Illustré]. Dessins par Benett - Paris - Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel et Cie. - [1879] - 1st edition - [4], 204, [8]pp - Cloth binding - 19 x 27,5 cm.

Condition: Good - with normal wear, rebound (excellent restored, endpapers replaced).

Adventure novel by the great French writer and father of Science Fiction Jules Verne (1828-1905), set in China. Illustrated with an engraved title, frontispiece and numerous black and white prints by Léon Benett. With table of contents and (at the end) publisher's advertisement (Catalogue AB, 1880). Text in French. ¶ Cf. Bottin p. 373.

¶ First illustrated hardcover edition in typical 19th century's luxury blue cloth binding (Ch. Magnier Rel.) With gilded decoration all around and gold-edged.