Vingt mille lieues sous les mers by Jules Verne

Binding in overall good, interior in good to good+ condition. L'pope sous-marine du capitaine Nmo ici accompagne de croquis originaux expliquant le contexte documentaire du roman, en plusieurs thmes: naviguer en 1866, le Nautilus, le scaphandre, le Canal de Suez, les mammifres marins, les mystres de l'infiniment profond, et les coquillages et la pche des perles. When an unidentified monster threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an. Tissue guard and title page slightly foxed. Book poorly recased with glue remain along gutters. Some age wear on binding with upper spine somewhat rippled and moderate rubbing along edges. Consulter la version texte de ce livre audio. Vingt mille lieues sous les mers est l’un des romans les plus connus de Jules Verne. Includes 6 chromotypographs and 2 full-page b/w maps. Va suivre pour nos héros une aventure riche en péripéties et descriptions épiques, avec notamment un enterrement sous-marin et un combat contre des calamars géants. 111 illustrations by Riou (24) and Alphonse de Neuville (86), engraved by Hildibrand. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea has not been out of print since it first appeared as a serial in 1869, then as a book in 1871. The original edition had no illustrations this copy is identical to the first illustrated edition which was published in 1871.

It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax. 'Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers' (English: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. Engraved frontispiece protected with a tissue guard. (The head of an elephant in the upper left corner of the front panel with pictorial scenes in three ruled inset blocks entwined by a long sprig of green leaves a fan device at the center has a stylized title motif with 'Jules Verne' and 'Voyages Extraordinaires' in a scroll below it.) The back panel has a central medallion with the publisher's monogram printed within a frame of Greek-style decoration, printed in black. Elaborately decorated publisher's binding of red cloth, stamped in gilt and printed in black and green on the front and spine.

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers by Jules Verne