VERNE, Jules (1828?1905). The Exploration of the World? ? Famous Travels and Travellers. ? The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century. ? The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century. New York: Charles Scribner?s Sons, 1879?81. 3 works in 3 volumes, 8vo. Translated from French. Frontispieces, title vignettes, maps by Matthis and Morieu, facsimiles from early manuscripts, numerous full?page plates by L?on Benett, Philippoteaux, and Matthis. Publisher?s pictorial cloth over beveled boards stamped in black and gilt, pale yellow endpapers (a bit of faint rubbing to covers and spine ends, upper hinges slightly starting); together housed in a cloth slipcase. Vol. I is a later issue with ads titled ?Jules Verne Greatest Work? and p. 4 of ads lists parts two and three as ?In preparation?. FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS of the only non?fictional work of Jules Verne printed in the English language. A COMPLETE AND ATTRACTIVE SET. Myers 18.