Les enfants du capitaine Grant

New illustrated edition with 172 drawings by Riou, engraved by Pannemaker.
Publisher's binding known as "A la mappemonde" or "Au dos à l'ancre," beveled. Second cover of Engel type i. Very beautiful upper plate with particularly brilliant golds, signed Engel in the anchor. Dark traces to the left and right of the world map. Beautiful spine with soft but not collapsed headcaps, infinitely faded; this spine has the particularity of possessing a laminated lower section, as with the first inlay bindings, one might think it is one of the first anchor spines, formed like the first gilt globe bindings, with an inlay in the lower section; however, this world map binding is not at its first attempt, it has been thinned in this version (the first ones too bulky and heavy would deform) and the spine is more harmonious, losing its wide unsightly red band. Let us recall that this binding enjoyed a short life and dressed only three titles: The Children of Captain Grant, The Mysterious Island and Matthias Sandorf. Perfect second cover. Well-pointed corners, lightly rubbed. A tear on the interior border of the second cover measuring 8mm. Perfect edges. Shiny percaline. Very fresh copy, completely free of foxing.
Magnificent copy, very rare in this condition.
One of the author's great classics, 2 children set out to search for their shipwrecked father. The novel leads the reader from Scotland to New Zealand via the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, the Strait of Magellan, the Andes mountain range, the Argentine pampa, the Cape of Good Hope, Amsterdam Island, and Australia. Let us recall that The Children of Captain Grant forms a trilogy with The Mysterious Island and then 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, not a sequel, but indeed a trilogy.