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RARITY, Lifetime edition Le Chancellor suivi de Martin Paz Jules Verne// Survivors of the Chancellor and Martin ...
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RARITY, Lifetime edition Le Chancellor suivi de Martin Paz Jules Verne// Survivors of the Chancellor and Martin Paz . Jules Verne.
Le Chancellor: Journal du passager J.-R. Les Indes-noires :
; Dessins par J. Férat, gravures par Charles Barbant
Edition of J. Hetzel, Paris, 1876/ Drawings by J. Férat, engravings by Charles Barbant. Hard leatherine artistic cover. Тriple golden edging. Tracing paper
Novel written by Jules Verne in 1875, about the last voyage of a British sailing ship "Chancellor", narrated from the point of view of one of his passengers (in the form of a diary). The plot was inspired, according to Vern, by a painting by a romantic painter Théodore Géricault "The Raft of the Medusa“.
Rare collector's edition in very good condition. There are remnants of a paper inventory sticker on the backbone, foxing on the pages.