Jules Verne (1828.1905)

Original announcement announcing the death of Jules Verne

A large octavo page on mourning paper. Collection stamp on the lower margin.

Amiens, April 1 , 1905.

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Suffering from severe diabetes during the last years of his life, Jules Verne was struck down on March 16, 1905, in Amiens, by a violent attack and was forced to take to his bed. He will not recover from this attack.

The last days of his life are only a slow agony towards death. He died at his home, 44 boulevard Longueville, in Amiens, on March 24, 1905.

 

 

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