Claudius Bombarnac. Le Château des Carpathes

Edition illustrated with 55 illustrations by L. Benett as well as 6 chromolithographs and 2 colored maps.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth, polychrome front cover signed Engel, spine with lighthouse, second cover Engel type "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Publisher's G.K catalogue at end of volume.
Spine slightly faded and headcaps somewhat depressed, original blue endpapers marginally lightened as usual, corners slightly bumped, some light foxing affecting mainly the beginning of the volume.
The novel recounts the extraordinary adventures of Claudius Bombarnac, "reporter of the twentieth century," during his journey on the Trans-Caspian railway line between the port of Ouzoun-Ada and Beijing.
Le Château des Carpathes is a Gothic novel set in Transylvania.