(VOYAGES). 39 volumes of the Journal des Voyages et des aven - Lot 194

(VOYAGES). 39 volumes of the Journal des Voyages et des aventures de terre et de mer, 1877-1914. Two copies from 1914 (one with a small split spine), two semesters in strong in-4 volumes (33x24 cm), red percaline cardboard decorated with special gilded and black irons, animals, ship in a frame of marine anchors, decorated smooth spine (faded), gilded edges. Until 1915, four directors and managers succeeded one another; publication was interrupted from August 1914 to March 1915, and reappeared in 1924. The first page printed in color appeared in 1895, and especially from 1906 onwards. Numerous in- and out-of-text illustrations (few freckles). An important journal in which travel reports are the main documentary component. Engel binding and Souze plate.