Le Superbe Orénoque

Illustrated edition with 73 drawings by George Roux: 1 frontispiece engraved by Froment, 1 title vignette engraved by Pannemaker, 2 large black engravings without captions, 48 black in-text engravings, 1 full-page black map of the course of the Orinoco, 20 polychrome hors-texte engravings, or printed in sepia or blue-grey.
Publisher's AJ catalogue at rear.
Hetzel publisher's binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 3, spine with lighthouse, second cover of Engel "h" type according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Original blue endpapers very marginally lightened as usual, some foxing on the first endpaper as well as at beginning and end of volume.
Le Superbe Orénoque is an adventure novel relating the search for a father along the Orinoco.