two red and blue books sitting next to each other on a white surfacethree books sitting on top of each other on a white surface
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Estimate €50 - €70
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[GEOGRAPHY]. Set of three 19th-century geography books: - RECLUS (Élisée). Nouvelle géographie universelle. The Earth and Mankind. XII. West Africa, the Atlantic Archipelagos, Senegambia and Western Sudan. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1887. Red half-shagreen binding by the publisher. - RECLUS (Élisée). New Universal Geography. The Earth and Mankind. XIII. Southern Africa, the Southern Atlantic Islands, Gabonia, Congo, Angola, the Cape, Zambezi, Zanzibar, the Somali Coast. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1888. Publisher’s red half-chagrin binding. - VERNE (Jules). Illustrated Geography of France and its Colonies. Preceded by a study on the general geography of France by Théophile Lavallée. New edition with texts and maps entirely revised, providing a comparative account of Alsace-Lorraine before and since 1870; a completely original work by Mr Dubail. Paris: Bibliothèque d’éducation, J. Hetzel, [1876]. Publisher’s dark blue half-chagrin binding. Showing signs of wear.
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About the sale Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
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Auction time 10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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