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108 - RECLUS, Élisée. The Winter Towns of the Mediterranean and th…
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RECLUS, Élisée. The Winter Towns of the Mediterranean and the Maritime Alps. Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1864. 1 vol. in-12. Blue percaline, ornamental blind-stamped border, title, author and publisher’s name in gold. This first edition guide describes Mediterranean coastal towns as attractive winter destinations, highlighting their geography, architecture and cultural significance. A descriptive and historical itinerary containing 4 maps and a plan, illustrated with 38 vignettes drawn from life by Hubert-Clerget. Élisée Reclus was a French geographer and anarchist activist. A Communard and anarchist theorist, he was an educator and a prolific writer. A member of the First International, he joined the Jura Federation following Michel Bakunin’s expulsion. Alongside Pierre Kropotkin and Jean Grave, he contributed to the newspaper *Le Révolté*. In October 1894, together with other resigning professors, he founded the Université nouvelle in Brussels. A pioneer of social geography, geopolitics, geohistory, environmentalism and ecology, he was also a vegetarian, a naturist, an advocate of free love and an Esperantist. A volume from the *Grande collection de guides et d’itinéraires pour les voyageurs* (Great Collection of Guides and Itineraries for Travellers), edited by Adolphe Joanne. A complete entry from the catalogue of this collection, comprising 36 pp. Flecks of foxing. Included: CALMETTE, Georges. Yearbook of the Alpes-Maritimes, Year 1863. Nice, Ch. Cauvin Printing and Bookselling, 1863. 1 vol. in-8. [4]ff, 336pp, 28pp. Blue half-maroquin, double gilt fillet on the covers, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fillets, gilt title and date, marbled edges. Published under the patronage of the Departmental General Council. In three parts: the French Empire, the Alpes-Maritimes department, and miscellaneous documents. R. du Bouchage bookplate, pasted on the inside front cover. A fine copy.
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