Les Indes noires. Le Chancellor

New edition, illustrated with drawings by J. Ferrat including several polychrome plates printed by Belin Frères and appearing here for the first time. Catalogue D at the end.
Publisher's "golden globe" binding signed Engel type 1 according to Jauzac, front board plate by Blanchelande, spine with lighthouse, back board Engel type "h".
Les Indes noires deals with coal mining in India.
Le Chancellor is an adventure novel presented as the Journal du passager J.-R. Kazallon and tells the epic of the survivors of the English ship the Chancellor.
Gilt on spine and front board slightly faded. Headcaps and joints skillfully restored. Very fine original blue endpapers, the first restored at upper left corner. Scattered foxing, more pronounced at beginning and end of volume as usual.