L'Homme et la Montagne

Blache, Jules

L'Homme et la Montagne

Preface by Raoul Blanchard

Paris

Librairie Gallimard (nrf)

Géographie humaine

F. Paillart

1934

Achevé d'imprimer le 12 janvier 1934 par F. Paillart à Abbeville (Somme).

French

Eighth edition

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French

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190 pages

40 black-and-white illustrations

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Octavo (8vo)

22.5 × 14.5 cm

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Wove paper

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Letterpress printing in good condition, with forty illustrated plates integrated into the volume.

Half leather binding with brown cloth-covered boards.

Leather spine with gilt title; the gilt initials A.G. are preserved, showing noticeable wear to the leather.

Brown cloth-covered boards in generally good condition.

Plain edges.

Human geography, mountain geography, mountain environment, mountain economy, Alps, human settlement.

A work of human geography examining the relationship between people and mountain environments. It analyses Alpine landscapes, traditional economic activities, transhumance, settlement patterns, communications, mountain societies, and compares the principal mountain systems of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The volume is illustrated with forty photographic plates.

Prefaced by Raoul Blanchard. Part of the "Géographie humaine" series edited by Pierre Deffontaines. This is the eighth edition. Includes forty photographic plates. Printed on 12 January 1934 in Abbeville (Somme).

Geography, human geography, physical geography, mountains, Alps, rural economy, landscape, anthropogeography.

Transhumance, mountain settlement, agriculture, livestock farming, relief, climate, settlement patterns, transport routes.

0472

Good overall condition. Complete and clean interior. The leather spine shows significant wear from use while retaining the gilt initials A.G.

Library of Alfred Gallart i Genís.

Custom half leather and cloth binding. The spine retains the initials A.G. Wove paper. Dimensions 22.5 × 14.5 cm. Includes 40 illustrations.