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Nord contre Sud

Verne, Jules, 1828-1905, Wilmer, Richard Hooker, 1918-, former owner · 1887 · Paris : J. Hetzel · 8 pictures

Jules Verne's Civil War novel Nord contre Sud, issued by J. Hetzel in Paris in 1887 for French readers of the Voyages extraordinaires series, with wood-engraved plates after Léon Benett. The engravings set figures in Florida swamp and river scenery — Spanish moss, water lilies, sailing skiffs, night raids on a plantation — offering dense foliage textures, backlit silhouettes and crowded action groups.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction

Internet Archive · University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Public domain (published before 1931)