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5.
Carte postale autographe signée de Jules Verne adressée à M. Auguste Alliou / chez M. Hetzel,
18, rue Jacob / Paris. Envoyée d’Amiens le 29 mars 1883 et parvenue à Paris le 30 mars 1883.
Jules Verne y fait référence aux épreuves de l’édition in-18 de
Kéraban-le-têtu
et aux corrections s’y rapportant. En post-scriptum, il
demande à M. Auguste Alliou :
Avez-vous reçu le buste ?
Il fait sans doute ici référence au buste en bronze d’Hetzel alors en cours
de réalisation (voir lot n°7).
Très précieux ensemble
2 000 / 3 000 €
Set of four volumes that include one presentation copy inscribed by the author and an autograph postcard by Jules
Verne that belonged to Auguste Alliou, Pierre-Jules Hetzel’s employee in charge of page layout.
1.
Five Weeks in a Balloon.
Octodecimo, pale half-calf. Printed by Imprimerie Poupart-Davyl. Paris, J. Hetzel, 5
th
edition, no date (1864).
Autograph presentation copy signed by Jules Verne inscribed: “to Mr Aug. Alliou / With the author’s kind regards / Jules Verne”.
Includes twelve annotated proofs (rice paper prints) of Riou’s engravings featuring in the very first illustrated edition of
Cinq Semaines en Ballon
published in 1865. Auguste Alliou used them to make an illustrated edition of his own before the book’s publication.
2.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
Octodecimo, pale half calf, Paris, J. Hetzel, 2
nd
edition, no date (1864).
This copy of Voyage au Centre de la Terre originally belonged to M. Auguste Alliou.
3.
The English at the North Pole / The Adventures of Captain Hatteras.
Octodecimo, publisher’s binding by Masson. Paris, J. Hetzel, 6
th
edition,
no date (1867).
This copy of Les Anglais au Pôle Nord / Aventures du capitaine Hatteras originally belonged to M. Auguste Alliou.
4.
The Desert of Ice / The Adventures of Captain Hatteras.
Octodecimo, publisher’s binding. Paris, J. Hetzel, no date (1866).
This copy of Le Désert de Glace / Aventures du capitaine Hatteras originally belonged to M. Auguste Alliou.
5.
Autograph postcard signed by Jules Verne
to
M. Auguste Alliou / chez M. Hetzel, 18, rue Jacob / Paris.
Sent from Amiens on 29 March 1883
reaching Paris on 30 March 1883.
Here Jules Verne refers to the amended proofs for the Octodecimo edition of
Kéraban-le-têtu
(Kéraban the Inflexible). In postscript, he asks Mr. Auguste
Alliou: “
Avez-vous reçu le buste ?
” (Have you received the bust?) Probably referring to Hetzel’s bronze bust that was being made at the time (see Lot
No. 7).
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