PRESENTING MR. "PHILEUS FOGG," lately acclaimed for his extraordinary journey Around the World in Eighty Days . . .
Or, (to be more accurate) . . .
FOGG, William Perry. "Round the World." LETTERS FROM JAPAN, CHINA, INDIA, AND EGYPT. By Wm. Perry Fogg. Cleveland, Ohio [privately printed], 1872.
23 cm. (binding, 23¾ cm. = 9¼ inches tall). [6]ff.; [7]-237 pp. + 19 albumen photographs bound in as plates, counting the albumen photograph frontispiece portrait elegantly SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. All photographs retain their tissue guards in fine condition, and the tissue protecting the frontispiece clearly shows blotting from the day Mr. Fogg signed this copy.
The "plates" are actual albumen photographic prints on flexible photographic paper of the day, typical of images which travelers could purchase abroad. It appears, however, that Fogg had his original souvenirs copied photographically (and likely resized), with added captions, for this book. The portrait of Brigham Young (see below) was originally a carte-de-visite, but appears here with plenty of margin as a full-page albumen.
Original tan three-quarter roan leather over purplish-brown morocco-grained cloth, decorated on the front board with a gilt image of the globe. Blind-decorated, gilt-lettered spine with raised bands; ornamental gilt fillets on boards. Mottled edges; original dark brown clay-based endpapers. In very good, attractive condition; a choice copy.
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JULES VERNE evidently read this account, and used Fogg's name for his major protagonist of Around the World in Eighty Days the following year. For more detailed discussion, refer to most commentaries on Verne's work in print or on the internet. Fogg was not the only model for this adventure, but evidently attracted Verne's attention, and is presumed to have been the basis of the character's name.
FIRST EDITION. FLAKE, A Mormon Bibliography, Supplement 3382a: Of interest to Mormons for its interview with Brigham Young, including a portrait from a known CDV image taken by Charles R. Savage on or very close to June 5, 1869 . . .
The interview is fascinating (like almost any nineteenth-century visit with "Brother Brigham." In addition to the notable quote above, this text describes the man's appearance, right down to the false teeth and their effect . . .
