Keraban le Têtu

First edition illustrated with 101 drawings by Benett and a map. BR catalogue for 1884 at the end.

Publisher’s pictorial cloth binding known as "Aux deux éléphants" in fir green (design signed by Souze, Lenègre binder at foot of spine). A very bright front cover with brilliant gilt. Rear cover with signs of rubbing. The percaline cloth retains its sheen. Rubbing to corners, edges, spine ends and joints. Internally clean and free of foxing. A handsome copy, scarce in this color.

An adventure novel with a humorous tone, which is rare for the author. The story unfolds around the Black Sea. A tobacco merchant, Keraban, refuses to pay the tax imposed by the Sultan to cross the Bosphorus Strait, and decides instead to reach Constantinople by making a full journey around the Black Sea.