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.