Jules Verne - Robur le Conquérant/Un billet de Lotterie - 1886

In Robur the Conqueror, Jules Verne propels the reader into the skies alongside Robur, a brilliant and elusive engineer, master of a revolutionary aircraft: the Albatros. By taking two fierce opponents of aerial progress on a lightning-fast world tour, he leads them across oceans, storms, and nations. The landscapes pass by like lessons in living geography, while Robur's technological power upsets the certainties of the 19th century. A tense, prophetic, and nerve-wracking adventure, where domination of the sky becomes a manifesto of the future.

Born in 1828 in Nantes, Jules Verne grew up between maritime daydreams and literary passions, before becoming one of the visionary fathers of science fiction. A curious scholar of everything, he explored continents, the depths, and the stars through an imagination nourished by emerging sciences. An indefatigable worker, he published more than sixty novels in the series of Extraordinary Voyages. His work, blending scientific rigor with epic spirit, has a lasting influence on literature and popular sciences. He passed away in 1905, recognized as a universal visionary.




VERNE, Jules - Robur the Conqueror, followed by A Lottery Ticket.

Paris, Hetzel, 1887. Original edition. Catalogue at the end.

Cartonnage with two elephants on a red parcaline background. The gildings are well preserved. Wear and small losses at the corners and tops. Split spine. Nearly regular gilded gutter. Interior with light stains and scattered foxing.