PCT4259943: Illustration of Jules Verne's novel “Le chateau des Carpathes””, edition Hetzel/Voyages extraordinaire, written between 1884 and 1889, published in 1892, drawing by Leon Benett. La Stilla, a late singer, appeared in Franz de Telek, thanks to a device designed by Rodolphe de Gortz. It is customary to say that J. Verne has imagined a television camera here. In “” Jules Verne, le reve du progres””, Jean-Paul Dekiss wrote: “” by inventing the hologram, Jules Verne combines phonograph, photography and cinematographer. He invents an effect similar to those produced by laser rays and gives love the light of the fantasy of future inventions.”, Benett, Leon (1839-1917) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4259927: Illustration of the novel “Le tour du monde en 80 jours”” by Jules Verne published in 1873, in the Hetzel collection. Extraordinary trips. Drawing by Léon Benett: “Philéas Fogg, impassive on the bridge of the liner Rangoon, receives the tributes of Mrs Aouda, a young Indian whom with her servant Passepartout they saved from death, and who will become his wife at the end of the book.””, Benett, Leon (1839-1917) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4259917: illustration of the novel “Le tour du monde en 80 jours”” by Jules Verne published in 1873, in the collection Hetzel/Voyages extraordinaire. Drawing by Léon Benett: Philéas Fogg, seeks to embark on a boat, accompanied by Mrs Aouda, a young Indian whom they saved from death and who will become Mrs. Fogg at the end of the book. They're being followed by police detective Fix., Benett, Leon (1839-1917) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4715102: Illustration by Leon Benett for the novel “L'Etoile du Sud”, originally rewritten by Paschal Grouchet under the pseudonym of Philippe Daryl, reworked and signed by Jules Verne, published by the editor Jules Hetzel in 1884. Several works by Paschal Grouchet have been redesigned by Jules Verne, sometimes signs of the latter's name, sometimes under the pseudonym of Andre Laurie. “” An African steep-chase””: Cyprien Mere and the Chinese Li, mounted on giraffes, continue the matakit cafre riding an ostrich -, Benett, Leon (1839-1917) / Bridgeman Images