Jules VERNE

Edition illustrated with drawings of J. Férat, engraved by Barbant. BR catalog for 1884.
Cardboard with two elephants to the rare lilac signed in Lenègre tail, type 1. spine three decorated boxes. Second flat Wearing a button Cold round, registered cold bottom left Lenegre rel. gray guards.
Beautiful first plate, but two small spots along the black edge. upper joint split in head 2.5cm. Upper corner slightly blunted law. Insolated back evenly. Micro cuts copings. Inkblot down the second course, and on the last pages of the catalog. Fresh copy, free of foxing.

With 85 drawings by Léon Benett.
Publisher’s (Hetzel’s "elephant and fan") red cloth boards by Engel, polychrome upper cover signed by Engel with the title in a gilt and black fan, several gilt and black frames, a gilt elephant’s head to upper left, three small illustrations of navigation and exploration tools, the whole within a frame of green foliage, lower cover Jauzac’s type “i”, the “lighthouse” spine with several illustrations in gilt and colors, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Headpieces a little rubbed, tiny decolorations to margin of upper cover and a few spots to end of volume, otherwise a very good copy.

First and only octavo edition with 78 illustrations by George Roux, including 12 chromotypography prints and 2 colored maps.
Publisher's binding by Hetzel "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red percaline signed A. Lenègre, polychrome front cover signed Engel featuring the title in a black and gilt fan, multiple black and gilt frames, a gilt elephant head in the upper left corner, three small illustrations and various gilt navigation and exploration instruments, all framed within green foliage, back cover of type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, spine decorated with several colored and gilt illustrations, all edges gilt.
Spine somewhat faded with rubbing at headcaps. Blue endpapers replaced.
Les Naufragés du Jonathan takes place on Hoste Island, from 1881 to 1893, near Cape Horn and tells the adventures of a group of shipwrecked people numbering about a thousand who find themselves on this island; the man who saved them, Kaw-Djer, becomes or becomes again their leader with each crisis that befalls this population.

Edition illustrated with drawings Meyer, engraved by Barbant. S catalog ultimately to 1879.
Editor Cardboard both cobalt blue elephant (as the name of Roethel). Souze signed plate. Binding signed Lenègre on the second flat (type b. with its octagonal badge cold) with a star, mark the First printinging from 1878. Beautiful top plate with minimal defects = slightly folded corner, rubbing along with loss color. Back in good condition, without discoloration but probably restored tail, with small white spots. The second course, besides a few scratches and friction was taken to the bottom right corner, with refill (probably an old wetness). pale scattered spots.
Adventure novel dedicated to the issue of slavery, especially the slave trade by Africans themselves. This is one of the best stories of Verne, where a narrative is the most successful.

Illustrated Edition. 111 drawings by Bennett and card. Catalog ultimately for the year 1886.
Cardboard editor connected by Lenègre; special plaque by Souze. Cardboard told the silvery banner, or the ball to the rare purple. The cardboard was used only for the triple volume Sandorf.
Beautiful first plate, the external beveled brod cleared. spine uniformly irradiated. A cut in the rear of the upper joint of 2cm. Second course with small white spots. Bottom right hand corner blunt. Good condition inside without freckles. Despite the obvious defects, desirable copy for its beautiful color combination, silver on a purple background.
Sandorf is dedicated posthumously to Alexandre Dumas. Jules Verne tribute indeed in this novel the author of the Count of Monte Cristo ("In this book, I tried to Matthias Sandorf the Monte Cristo Extraordinary Voyages."); Sandorf was imprisoned and betrayed like him and his adventures retrace his revenge. The novel is set in the Mediterranean region of southern Europe.