Le Tour du monde en 80 jours. - Le Docteur Ox

New edition, illustrated with drawings by de Neuville and Benett.
Publisher's binding "à un éléphant, titre dans l'éventail" signed at bottom of plate Engel, spine with lighthouse, second cover type "i" according to Jauzac.
Head slightly depressed, spine moderately lightened, second cover with small light stains of discoloration without consequence, one gathering slightly proud, some foxing affecting endpapers and half-title page, otherwise handsome copy.
Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours is an adventure novel. The novel recounts the race around the world of an English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, who has wagered to achieve this in eighty days. He is accompanied by Jean Passepartout, his French servant. The entire novel combines travel narrative (traditional for Jules Verne) and scientific data such as that used for the plot twist of the novel's conclusion.
Le Docteur Ox is a collection of 5 early short stories by Jules Verne.