The Mysterious Island, 3 Volumes, Hebrew Edition | Jules Verne

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, Hebrew edition, volume 1: front cover

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The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne: new Hebrew translation, the three volumes

This edition is in Hebrew.

Five fugitives, one balloon and a hurricane. Jules Verne’s great novel in a new, complete translation from the original French, in three volumes, with all of Jules Férat’s illustrations from the 1875 illustrated edition.

The three volumes together: the complete novel, 818 pages and 149 illustrations.

Volume 1: Survivors of the Wrecked Airship (פליטי אוניית האוויר שנטרפה) · 274 pages
Volume 2: The Abandoned (הנטוש) · 280 pages
Volume 3: The Secret of the Island (סוד האי) · 264 pages

A new, complete translation: from the original French, following the Hetzel edition, Paris 1875. No paragraph has been shortened and no detail left out, and Verne’s footnotes are in place.

Every illustration of the first edition: Jules Férat’s 149 illustrations, engraved by Barbant, were scanned from a copy of the illustrated edition and cleaned one by one. Each stands on its own page, where Verne’s publisher placed it.

The map of the island from the original edition, with every name in Hebrew: Mount Franklin, Lake Grant, the Mercy, Union Bay, Granite House. The map is printed in each of the three volumes.