Seconde patrie

First large octavo edition illustrated with 68 drawings by George Roux as well as 2 maps.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel called "au globe doré" type 3, spine with lighthouse, second cover Engel type "h" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt, publisher's BH catalogue at rear.
Headcaps slightly depressed as usual, spine very slightly faded, original blue endpapers marginally lightened as customary, some foxing mainly at beginning of volume.
Seconde patrie is a Robinsonade. A great admirer of the novel Le Robinson suisse written in 1812 by the Swiss-German pastor Johann David Wyss, Jules Verne imagined a sequel to the adventures of the Zermatt family.
Handsome copy.