Guillaume GRANDIDIER
Atlas des colonies françaises, protectorats et territoires sous mandat de la France[Atlas of the French Colonies, Protectorates, and Territories under French Mandate]
Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales|Paris s. d. [1934]|41 x 55.7 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, illustrated with 39 double-page colour maps.
Publisher’s binding of brown textured cloth backed with matching corners, smooth spine without lettering, showing rubbing with some fraying to the cloth; title stamped to the upper board; marbled endpapers; corners worn. Publisher’s binding.
Scattered, insignificant foxing; the table of contents leaf is creased; a dampstain with discoloration and paper loss to the foot of the rear board.
This is the last of the major general atlases of the French colonies to appear before the upheavals of the Second World War. Through both text and cartography, it offers an exceptionally comprehensive survey of France’s overseas
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