Jules VERNE. The Invasion of the Sea. - Lot 66

Jules VERNE. The Invasion of the Sea. Jules VERNE. The Invasion of the Sea. Illustrations by L. Benett. Twelve large chromotype plates Le Phare du Bout du Monde. Illustrations by George Roux. Collection Hetzel. Paris (1905). Large in-8. Publisher's boards. Red percaline, gilt edges. Polychrome decoration with an elephant, title in fan. First illustrated collective edition, first hardback, the only one offered for sale by Hetzel. This title inaugurated the series of six posthumous volumes published by Hetzel, in the cartonnage un éléphant, titre dans l'éventail. A mission to the Sahara to turn desert into sea / Pirates seize a lighthouse at the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego.