VERNE (Jules). - Lot 126

VERNE (Jules). Robur the Conqueror. A lottery ticket. Frritt-Flacc. Paris: Collection Hetzel, [circa 1910]. -In-8 double, 270x175: (4 ff.), 218 pp., (1 f.), 3 plates; (2 ff.), 188 pp. 3 plates. Board with elephant and title in cartouche, gilt edges (Engel). Edition decorated with numerous compositions by Léon Benett and George Roux, including 6 hors textes in color. There is also a full-page map of southern Norway. A copy of the last edition, recognizable by the number 1233 at the bottom of page 1 in Robur and by the number 2098 in Un billet de loterie. Cartonnage with an elephant and title in the cartouche. The second board is Engel "i" type. Cartonnage skilfully restored and reassembled. Outlines faded in pencil on the three hors-texts appearing in Un billet de loterie. Scattered foxing.