Frontispice illustrated by Leon Benett of the novel “L'Etoile du Sud (Le pays des diamonds)”,...

Frontispice illustrated by Leon Benett of the novel “L'Etoile du Sud (Le pays des diamonds)”, originally rewritten by Paschal Grouchet under the pseudonym of Philippe Daryl, reworked and signed by Jules Verne, published by the publisher Jules Hetzel in 1884 in the collection “Les voyages extraordinaire”. Several works by Paschal Grouchet have been redesigned by Jules Verne, sometimes marked by the latter's name, sometimes under the pseudonym of Andre Laurie. Cyprien Mere and the Chinese Li, mounted on giraffes and followed by an elephant, chase the matakit cafre riding an ostrich - diamond, animal race -