Author: G. Le Faure; H. De Graffigny; Camille Flammarion [preface]
Title: Aventures Extraordinaires D&Apos;Un Savant Russe: Le Soleil Et Les Petites Planetes
Description: Paris, Edinger Editeur, 1889 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the second work in science fiction series about the voyages of a Russian scientist across the solar system. In the original French.The first edition of this work, the second novel in a four novel series.In this work, scientist Mikhail Ossipov travels the sun and smaller planets, after discovering an explosive material capable of destroying the world.Illustrated with five-hundred vignette and full page illustrations from artists including L. Vallet and Heriot.The work of French writers Georges Le Faure and Henry de Graffigny. Le Faure was notable for being one of the most successful emulators of the popular works of Jules Verne.A wonderful French science fiction novel, in a binding clearly inspired by the Hetzel bindings of Jules Verne's works. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Discolouration to back strip, with a touch of discolouration to board perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned to perimeters due to paper type, but otherwise clean and bright. Small closed tear to head of half title. Very Good . Ill.: L. Vallet; Henriot et al. Very Good .

Keywords: Aventures extraordinaires d'un savant russe: I: La lune Aventures extraordinaires d'un savant russe: II: Le soleil et les petites planètes Aventures extraordinaires d'un savant russe: III: Les planètes géantes et les comètes Aventures e


See more books from our catalog: Science Fiction