1894 The Universal Geography (38 Vols) The Earth and Its Inhabitants : Maps etc

The Earth and Its Inhabitants, The Universal Geography

By Jacques Élisée Reclus

Edited by E. G. Ravenstein.

Published by Virtue & Co., n.d., c1894. First English translation. Complete in 38 vols. 4to. Attractive original decorated green cloth gilt. Gilt to all page edges (A.E.G.). Profusely illustrated with colour maps, engravings, plates & other illustrations.

CONDITION
A very good complete set. All bindings are in very good clean condition except that a couple of volumes some marks of the rear boards. All hinges secure with no cracking. All contents present to all volumes and the contents are lovely and clean throughout all 38 volumes. Overall a very good complete set. Very scarce.

Jacques Élisée Reclus (15 March 1830 – 4 July 1905) was a French geographer, writer and anarchist. He produced his 19-volume masterwork, La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes ("Universal Geography"), over a period of nearly 20 years (1875–1894). In 1892 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Paris Geographical Society for this work, despite having been banished from France because of his political activism. A 38 volume set of the English Translation was published by Virtue & Co

His great work, The Universal Geography, comprising 38 volumes is profusely illustrated with maps, plans, and engravings and characterized by a brillance of exposition that gives his work permanent scientific value.

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