1892 Earth & It’s Inhabitants Élisée Reclus Complete Set Africa, Asia, Europe &c

Description: ***Please note: If you are an international customer (outside of U.S.), please message us to discuss shipping, since this is a heavy set. The Earth and Its Inhabitants. By Élisée Reclus. Edited by A. H. Keane, B.A., Vice-President Anthrop. Institute; Cor. Memb. Italian and Washington Anthrop. Soc.; Professor of Hindustani, Univeristy Col. London; Author of “Asia”, Etc. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings and Maps. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1892. Uniform dark red cloth binding measuring 10.75 x 8”, large octavos. COMPLETE SET (NINETEEN VOLUMES TOTAL): Africa: Four Volumes.Asia: Four Volumes.Europe: Five Volumes.North America: Three Volumes. Oceanica: One Volume.South America: Two Volumes. In fair condition. Dark red cloth boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Heads and tails of spines collapsed; some small tearing exhibited. Gilt lettering on spines overall bright and clean. All top edges gilt (dulled). Some toning to spines from shelf-wear. Light or tea dampness staining exhibited on most spines, mostly below volume numbers. Water dampness staining especially visible on spines of Europe Vol. V & South America Vol. I. Normal toning throughout text-blocks; mostly at edges of leaves. Some instances of light age-staining and finger-soiling throughout text-blocks. Pencil marginalia throughout some volumes; like Africa Vol. I. All bindings remain intact, some front gutters are worn/beginning to split. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Jacques Élisée Reclus (1830 – 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. An English edition was published simultaneously, also in 19 volumes, the first four translated by E. G. Ravenstein, the rest by A. H. Keane. Reclus's writings were characterized by extreme accuracy and brilliant exposition, which gave them permanent literary and scientific value. His geographical work, thoroughly researched and unflinchingly scientific, laid out a picture of human-nature interaction that we today would call bioregionalism. It showed, with more detail than anyone but a dedicated geographer could possibly absorb, how the ecology of a place determined the kinds of lives and livelihoods its denizens would have and thus how people could properly live in self-regarding and self-determined bioregions without the interference of large and centralized governments that always try to homogenize diverse geographical areas. COMPLETE IN NINETEEN VOLUMES! Gift quality. FORN-SHELF-0513-BB-2408-HK1951

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