New edition with 172 drawings after Riou, engraved by Pannemaker. Publisher's boards "A la mappemonde" or "Au dos à l'ancre", second board type Engel "i", upper board signed Engel. This design was only used for three novels: Les enfants du capitaine Grant, L'île mystérieuse et Matthias Sandorf. Some parts lacking some gilt in the lower part of the front board, slightly sunned spine with some rubbing to spine-ends, rubbed lower corners, bent upper corners. One of Verne's most beloved classics. The novel takes the reader from Scotland to New Zealand, via the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, the Strait of Magellan, the Andes, the Argentine pampas, the Cape of Good Hope, Amsterdam Island and Australia.