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Grande géographie Bong illustrée. Les pays et les peuples, p…
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301
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Grande géographie Bong illustrée. Les pays et les peuples, p…
See original version (French)
Estimate €50 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Grande géographie Bong illustrée. Les pays et les peuples, published under the direction of Onésime Reclus (1837-1916), a French geographer and supporter of French colonial expansion. He is notably known as the inventor of the word "francophonie" (brother of the famous Elisée Reclus), with 19 collaborators, the maps were drawn up by V. HUOT, Paris, Bong, 1911, 5 volumes in-folio, decorated leather spine, 1st plate green, blue and gold, original publisher's binding. Very interesting work in excellent condition, 38 x 28.5 cm:
- Volume 1: 371 pages, 8 off-text colour maps, numerous off-text black plates. Covers Great Britain, Ireland, France, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
- Volume 2: 366 pages, 8 off-text colour maps, numerous off-text plates. Covers Germany, Switzerland, European Russia, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and European Turkey.
- Volume 3: 448 pages, 16 off-text colour maps, numerous off-text plates. Covers Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Siberia, Eastern Asia, Syria, Palestine, Inner Asia, Persia, China, India, Indochina, Japan, etc.
- Volume 4: 406 pages, 15 off-text colour maps, numerous off-text plates. Covers Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, West Africa, South Africa, Angola, the Pacific, ...
- Volume 5: 371 pages, 14 off-text colour maps, numerous off-text plates. Covers Canada, the United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America, the Polar Regions, the Balkans, etc.
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