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    By Élisée Reclus; A. H. Keane
    London   J. S. Virtue & Co.
    10.5" by 7" 256, [4]; 257-500, xii, [4]; 255, [3]; 257-500, xii, [2pp.]
    An exceptionally bright copy of Elisee Reclus's beautifully illustrated work on the world's physical geography, complete with 52 colour plates. The very scarce first edition.
    By Élisée Reclus; A. H. Keane

    1886-7 A New Physical Geography

    London   J. S. Virtue & Co.
    10.5" by 7" 256, [4]; 257-500, xii, [4]; 255, [3]; 257-500, xii, [2pp.]
    An exceptionally bright copy of Elisee Reclus's beautifully illustrated work on the world's physical geography, complete with 52 colour plates. The very scarce first edition.
    £550.00
    : 5kgs / : 974Q4
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    Description

    Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Very Scarce

    The first English edition.

    Complete in two volumes, bound over four.

    Wonderfully illustrated with 24 plates to volume I and II (including 12A and 13A), and twenty-eight plates to volume II.

    Collated, complete.

    The work of French geographer, writer and anarchist, Jacques Elisee Reclus, best known for his 19-volume magnum opus, La Nouvelle Géographie Universelle, la Terre et les Hommes, compiled over a period of 20 years.

    This English edition was edited by A. H. Keane. Volume I covers the earth while volume II discusses the world's oceans.

    Bound in a beautifully decorative cloth.

    When rebound, this work has been arranged in a slightly different order, with the plates appearing to the start of each volume, not ordered, and the contents pages appearing to the rear of volume II and IV.

    Condition

    Bound in decorative cloth. Externally, lovely, with light rubbing to the extremities and joints and the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with the odd light spot, mainly to end pages. When rebound, this work has been arranged in a slightly different order, with the plates appearing to the start of each volume, not ordered, and the contents pages appearing to the rear of volume II and IV.

    Near Fine

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