La maison à vapeur. Voyage à travers l'Inde Septentrionale

First illustrated edition with 101 drawings by Benett including a frontispiece engraved by Meaulle and 2 full-page maps. Catalogue AI for the year 1881.
Red publisher's binding with the two elephants, back cover of Lenègre b type, with blind-stamped medallion, conforming to Jauzac's description.
Volume very slightly warped, a small black mark at the level of the lower cut of the back cover
Adventure and science fiction novel set in India. The steam house is a sort of train whose locomotive is a steam elephant, the machine runs without rails and can even be amphibious.