Le secret de Wilhelm Storitz

Rare first and only illustrated edition with 37 drawings by Georges Roux including 6 polychrome plates and 11 black and white plates outside the text.
Publisher's binding known as "aux feuilles d'acanthe" with red title medallion. The first editions were subsequently issued with a gilt medallion.
Good first issue, quite crisp, but with several scratched or rubbed areas. Corners somewhat rubbed and slightly turned in. Half-title and title with pale foxing otherwise very fresh throughout. Spine very lightly faded with dulled gilt. Rear board in good condition with slight water stain beneath the rosette. Lower joint at head restored. Two signatures slightly protruding.
Science fiction novel set in 1757 in Hungary. The Frenchman Henri Vidal comes to find his brother to attend his wedding, which will be disrupted by Wilhelm Storitz, determined to take revenge for having been rejected and whose power is to make himself invisible. This novel originally written in 1898 was revised by Paul Verne. The Invisible Man by Wells had appeared in 1897. This is the second work where such a phenomenon is treated. This novel was adapted for French television in 1967.