L'île à hélice

First edition illustrated with 80 drawings by Benett and 12 chromolithographs as well as 3 maps. Catalogue D for 1895 attesting to the first edition.
Publisher's binding known as "Au portrait collé", plate signed Paul Souze on the cannonball and Lenègre et cie at foot of spine and on the anchor, spine with lighthouse, all edges gilt, second cover of Lenègre "e" type according to Jauzac.
Foxing, right corners of first cover very slightly darkened.
Science fiction novel in which an island containing an entire city is propelled by propellers. The protagonists are a quartet of musicians, allowing Verne to convey his love of music. Several acerbic remarks about Wagner can be read therein. A large part of the novel takes place in French Polynesia.