The Complete Jules Verne Bibliography

III. Essays

1. Geographical and historical books
2. Other material

III-1. Geographical and historical books

1. [GI] Géographie illustrée de la France et de ses colonies. Précédée d’une étude sur la géographie générale de la France, par Théophile Lavallée.

   Originally, Théophile Lavallée was planned as the author of the whole book. However he died in 1866 and Hetzel asked Jules Verne to finish the work. Due to this huge validation work, Verne had to postpone the publication of Les enfants du capitaine Grant and Vingt mille lieues sous les mers.

   • This book was first sold in 1866 by Hetzel in 101 livraisons (booklets) of eight pages each. On the first page of each booklet is an illustration (mostly by Riou and Clerget) and on the last page usually a map. The french départements are in alphabetical order, every one covered in one booklet with the exceptions of Les Bouches-du-Rhône described in two booklets and Seine in three booklets. The text is printed on two columns. The same booklets were used to produce the two following bounded editions.

   • Two in-8° volumes, illustrated mostly by Riou and Clerget :
     • Vol. 1 : 21 November 1867, with 56 illustrations,
     • Vol. 2 : 23 June 1868, with 57 illustrations.

   • One in-8° volume (23 June 1868) with 109 illustrations.

2. [PE] [GN] [VX] Découverte de la Terre. Histoire générale des grands voyages et des grands voyageurs.

   This geographical work began in 1864 (second contract between Hetzel and Verne, dated January 1st) and was finished in 1880.

   1. During the first period, Verne worked alone and produced one volume with 7 chapters published in May/June 1870 by Hetzel (in-18 edition, no in-8° edition known) under the title Découverte de la Terre / Histoire des grands voyages et des grands voyageurs. This volume covers the voyages from Hannon to Columbus.

   2. During the second period, Verne got the help of Gabriel Marcel (1843-1909), librarian at the Bibliothèque Nationale of Paris who did a documentalist work. In the seventies, Verne was very busy writing his novels for Hetzel and he had family problems. He could speak and read only french and much of the information he had to take into account was written in foreign languages. For all these reasons, it was necessary to organize a teamwork with Marcel. Published were six in-18 (non illustrated) volumes and three in-8° (illustrated) volumes as follows :
      • First part (two in-18 and one in-8° volumes):
        • Histoire des grands voyages et des grands voyageurs / Découverte de la Terre. Two in-18 volumes:
          • Vol. 1: 332 pages, 8 chapters, 21 October 1878,
          • Vol. 2: 352 pages, 6 chapters, 21 October 1878.
          After 1886, the title is : Histoire des grands voyges et des grands voyageurs / Les Premiers Explorateurs.
        • Les grands voyages et les grands voyageurs / Découverte de la Terre. One in-8° volume: 464 pages, 27 illustrations by Benett, 32 illustrations by Philippoteaux and 58 facsimiles and maps (18 November 1878). After 1886, the title is : Découverte de la Terre / Les Premiers Explorateurs.

      • Second part (two in-18 and one in-8° volume):
        • Histoire générale des grands voyages et des grands voyageurs / Les Navigateurs du XVIIIe siècle. Two in-18 volumes:
          • Vol. 1: 334 pages, 5 chapters, 5 June 1879,
          • Vol. 2: 346 pages, 4 chapters, 9 October 1879.
        • Histoire générale des grands voyages et des grands voyageurs / Les grands navigateurs du XVIIIe siècle. One in-8° volume: 464 pages, 2 illustrations by Benett, 48 illustrations by Philippoteaux and 66 facsimiles and maps (17 November 1879).
        After 1886, the title is : Découverte de la Terre / Les grands navigateurs du XVIIIe siècle.

      • Third part (two in-18 and one in-8° volumes):
        • Histoire générale des grands voyages et des grands voyageurs / Les Voyageurs du XIXe siècle. Two in-18 volumes:
          • Vol. 1: 287 pages, 3 chapters, 24 June 1880,
          • Vol. 2: 340 pages, 3 chapters, 1 November 1880.
        • Histoire générale des grands voyages et des grands voyageurs / Les voyageurs du XIXe siècle. One in-8° volume: 428 pages, 51 illustrations by Benett and 57 facsimiles and maps (15 November 1880).
        After 1886, the title is : Découverte de la Terre / Les voyageurs du XIXe siècle.

3. [VJ] [AM] [MN] La conquête économique et scientifique du globe.

   Never published, this geographical work was the result of a teamwork between Verne and Marcel. Gabriel Marcel did the documentation work between 1880 and 1886. Verne made the corrections until 1888. The work was planned to have three parts made out of two in-18 volumes each :

   • Le Nouveau Monde.
     • 1st part : L’Océan et les régions polaires (24 chapters),
     • 2nd part : Les deux Amériques et l’Australie (4 chapters).
   • Les Vieux continents. Two parts (only fragments remain).
   • L’ancien monde.

III-2. Other material

1. [EA] [TI] [ML] Chronique du mois. Revue scientifique

   Article in three parts (“Encore un navire aérien”, “Tissus incombustibles”, “Machines à labourer”) published in the Musée des Familles, vol. 19, no. 9, July 1852, pp. 314-315. The article is unsigned and it’s still unsure that Verne is the author.

2. [PO] Portraits d'artistes. XVIII

   Article about Verne's friend, Victor Massé.

   • Revue des beaux-arts: Tribune des Artistes, vol. 8, no. 6 (15 March 1857), pp. 115-116.
   • Salon de 1857, édition établie, présentée et annotée par William Butcher, Acadien, 2008, pp. 30-35.

3. [SN] Salon de 1857

   Art criticism, providing a review of the Paris Salon of that year.

   • Revue des beaux-arts : Tribune des artistes, as seven articles: "Salon de 1857. Article préliminaire.", vol. 8, no. 12 (June 1857), pp. 231-234; "Salon de 1857. Premier article.", vol. 8, no. 13 (July 1857), pp. 249-255; "Salon de 1857. Deuxième article.", vol. 8, no. 14 (July 1857), pp. 269-276; "Salon de 1857. Troisième article.", vol. 8, no. 15 (Aug. 1857), pp. 285-292; "Salon de 1857. Quatrième article.", vol. 8, no. 16 (Aug. 1857), pp. 305-313; "Salon de 1857. Cinquième article.", vol. 8, no. 17 (Sept. 1857), pp. 325-330; and "Salon de 1857. Sixième article.", vol. 8, no. 18 (Sept. 1857), pp. 345-349.
   • Salon de 1857, édition établie, présentée et annotée par William Butcher, Acadien, 2008, pp. 36-201.

4. [EP] Edgar Poe et ses œuvres

   Article (four chapters) published in the Musée des Familles, vol. 31, no. 7, April 1864), p. 193-208 with 2 illustrations by F. Lix and 4 by Yan’Dargent. The first edition in book form (which can be considered as the original edition) was published by Rencontre in Lausanne (Switzerland) in 1971 in a volume with Le Sphinx des Glaces.

5. [PG] A propos du Géant

   Article published in the Musée des Familles, vol. 31, no. 3, December 1863, p. 92-93, with one illustration by Fellmann. The article was reproduced (with the illustration) in Charles-Noël Martin’s book (La vie et l’œuvre de Jules Verne, Paris, Michel de l’Ormeraie, 1978, 292 p.) and is the first edition in book form (which can be considered as the original edition).

6. [VQ] 24 minutes en ballon

   Article published in the Journal d’Amiens — Moniteur de la Somme, no. 5102, 21 September 1873, p. 2.

7. [SJ] Souvenirs d’enfance et de jeunesse

   Article in six chapters, written during Spring 1890. Five publications are known :

   • “The Story of my Boyhood”. The Youth’s Companion (Boston, MA), 9 April 1891, p. 211, 1 illustration.
   • “Souvenirs d’enfance et de jeunesse”. L’Herne (Paris), no. 25, 1974, p. 57-62, with notes by Pierre-André Touttain.
   • “Souvenirs d’enfance et de jeunesse”. Bulletin de la Société Jules Verne (Paris), no. 89, 1989, p. 3-8, with notes by Olivier Dumas.
   • “Souvenirs d’enfance et de jeunesse”. Cahiers du Musée Jules Verne (Nantes), no. 10, 1990, p. 7-21, with notes by Christian Robin.
   • “Monna Lisa, suivi de Souvenirs d’enfance et de jeunesse”. Paris, L’Herne (collection Confidences), ISBN 2.85197.328.2, p. 93-110, with a preface by Olivier Dumas. This can be considered as the original edition, it’s the first publication in book form.

8. [MC] Les méridiens et le calendrier

   This article was first an address by Jules Verne at the Société de Géographie in Paris, 4 April 1873. This speech was held as answer to a question made by two members of the Société de Géographie who wanted an explanation how Phileas Fogg could gain a day during his trip around the world in eighty days. Jules Verne gave the scientific explanation in this speech. This is the only scientific text written by Verne. The three first publications are :

   • “Variétés. Les Méridiens et le calendrier”. Journal d’Amiens. Moniteur de la Somme, no. 4968, 14-15 April 1873, p. 3.
   • “Les Méridiens et le calendrier”. Bulletin de la Société de Géographie (Paris), vol. 6, no. 6, July 1873, pp. 423-433.
   • “Les Méridiens et le calendrier”. Revue des Lettres Modernes (Paris, Minard), Serie Jules Verne, vol. 1, no. 456, July-October 1976, pp. 125-130.

9. Note pour l’affaire J. Verne contre Pont Jest

   A document on the origins of the novel Voyage au centre de la Terre, written in 1876 for the judicial process against René de Pont-Jest. Published in: Bulletin de la Société Jules Verne, no. 135 (2000), p. 42-49.

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