Cahun, Leon. THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MAGO; OR, A PHOENICIAN EXPEDITION, B.C. 1000... Translated from the French by Ellen E. Frewer. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1876. Octavo, pp. [i-iii] iv [v] vi [vii] viii [1] 2-344 [345-348: ads], flyleaves at front and rear, 73 illustrations by P. Philippoteaux, inserted large folded map, original bevel-edged pictorial terra cotta cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, rear panel ruled in blind, yellow endpapers. First U.S. edition. Fantastic adventure novel of the imaginary voyage of a Phoenician trader who circumnavigates Africa, travels up the coast of Europe to the mouth of the Elbe River, and on his return voyage visits Ophir (ruled by the Queen of Sheba). Cahun's adventure stories were intended for the same audience that read the fiction of Jules Verne. Bleiler (1978), p. 37. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Cloth lightly worn at head and tail of spine panel, corner tips rubbed, a bright, very good copy. (#94973)