Elisée Reclus - L'Homme et la Terre - 1905

Man and the Earth Complete in 6 Volumes
Elisée RECLUS
Original edition (1905) Paris Librairie Universelle
6 beautiful volumes, well bound and fully illustrated.

In-4, IV-574pp + 576pp + 639pp + 651pp + 575pp + 579pp, half-red polychrome publisher's binding, covers in red percaline, all edges in red - black and white illustrations and engravings, publication date October 25, 1905 for the first five volumes and 1908 for Volume VI - RARE edition with its publisher's polychrome cardboard binding, highly sought-after edition, with traces of gilding wear on the gilded motifs, fresh interiors, some foxing, beautiful collection, pleasant copies.

Volume 1: Book I. The Ancestors. Ancient History. Origins - Earthly Environments - Work - Backward Peoples - Families, Classes, Peoples - Rhythm of History. Volume II: Ancient History. Iran - Caucasus - Mesopotamia;
Volume 2: Ancient history. Phoenicia - Palestine - Egypt - Libya - Greece - Islands and Hellenic coasts - Rome;
Volume 3: Ancient History. Chinese Orient - India - Distant Worlds. Modern History. Christians - Barbarians - The Second Rome - Arabs and Berbers - Carolingians and Normans - Knights and Crusaders.
Volume 4: Communes - Monarchies - Mongols, Turks, and Chinese - Discovery of the Earth - Renaissance - Reformation and the Society of Jesus - Colonies - Sun King - 18th Century; Volume 5: Modern History. Revolution - Counter-Revolution - Nationalities - Blacks and Peasants - International. Contemporary History. Division of the World - Settlements of the Earth - Latins and Germans - Russians and Asians.
Volume 6: Contemporary History.