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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1671

Verne, Jules French novelist (1828-1905) who pioneered the genre of science fiction with classics such as 20,000 Leagues under the sea and Around the World in Eighty Days. Gracious Autograph Letter Signed "Jules Verne," in French, 1/2 page, 12mo, Amiens, April 21, 1881. A brief letter sending "the lines you requested," the value of which Verne is not certain, though he his happy to send them. Matted in brown and gold with a handsome period Photograph of Verne, and contained under glass in a gilt wooden frame, overall size 12.4" x 15.5". Frame a bit rubbed and scratched, but letter VG/F and photo Fine. By 1881, Verne was well established as one of the most popular authors writing in French.

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