Jules Verne 'Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers' Hetzel Collection Cover

Submarine ocean exploration and balloon flight converge in this iconic Hetzel collection cover for Jules Verne's 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.' A spherical balloon floats above a chaotic seascape of mechanical wonders, shipwrecks, sea creatures, and exotic vegetation rendered in vivid chromolithographic oranges and teals. A photographic portrait of Jules Verne himself is inset at center, presiding over his imagined world of extraordinary voyages and scientific adventure.