[CARTONNAGE HETZEL] VERNE, Le Chancellor / Martin Paz, [1875]

First large illustrated 8vo edition.
The Chancellor is a maritime adventure novel written as the fictional diary of a passenger, J. R. Kazallon. The narrative recounts the tragic fate of a British ship’s survivors following fire, shipwreck, and prolonged drift at sea, explicitly recalling the historical disaster of the Raft of the Medusa.