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Les voyages au théâtrè par A. D'Ennery et Jules Verne. Dessins par L. Benett et H. Meyer

Ennery, Adolphe d', 1811-1899, Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 · 1881 · Paris J. Hetzel · 8 pictures

Stage adaptations of Jules Verne's travel novels, written with playwright Adolphe d'Ennery and issued by Hetzel in Paris in 1881 with drawings by Léon Benett and Henri Meyer for the publisher's general readership. The wood engravings range from full-page night scenes of burning Russian towns with domed towers and fleeing crowds to loose, open-line vignettes of brawling and gesturing figures, giving designers both dense tonal crowd scenes and sparse silhouettes usable at small sizes.

Internet Archive · Robarts - University of Toronto · Public domain (published before 1931)