VERNE (J.). FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON AND A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH. Illustrations by Messrs Riou and De Montaut. P., Hetzel, [1898]. Two works bound in one volume, large in-8, publisher's red percaline decorated with special irons, title in cartouche, spine with lighthouse, gilt edges (Engel Rel., after a plate by C. Blancheland). AJ" catalogue. Small lack of gold to the title in the cartouche, crack of one cm to the upper spine, light stains to the 2nd plate, pronounced foxing, 2 raised sections. COLLECTIVE LARGE IN-8 ILLUSTRATED EDITION preserved in its publisher's decorated "à la sphère dorée" type 3 binding, with "au phare" spine, from the "Voyages extraordinaires" series. ¶ Jauzac, 170.