L'homme et la forêt

Deffontaines, Pierre

L'homme et la forêt

Par Pierre Deffontaines

Paris

Librairie Gallimard

Géographie humaine

F. Paillart, Abbeville (Somme)

1933

Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1933

French

Eighth edition

188 pages

Numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations in the text and on plates

Octavo

22 × 14.5 cm

Not identified

Wove paper

No visible watermarks observed in the supplied images

High-quality letterpress printing; clear and evenly printed text; well-reproduced photographic illustrations

Half-leather binding with cloth-covered boards

Brown and burgundy

Spine with gilt rules and title; polychrome marbled endpapers

Brown leather spine; the original gilt initials “A.G.” are now almost imperceptible due to wear

Work of human geography devoted to the relationship between humankind and forests; examines the principal forest types, the processes of deforestation, forest exploitation, the economic uses of timber, human settlements associated with forest environments and the influence of forests on human societies

Part of the Géographie humaine series, directed by Pierre Deffontaines

Eighth edition published by Librairie Gallimard in 1933

Finished printing on 14 June 1933 by F. Paillart in Abbeville (Somme)

Includes numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations in the text and on plates

Preserves a later bibliophilic binding

Human geography

Forests; forest geography; forestry; deforestation; forest resources; landscape; human settlements

0473

Good overall condition; sound binding; visible wear to the spine and small scattered foxing; complete interior

Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis

Copy rebound in brown half leather with burgundy cloth-covered boards and polychrome marbled endpapers; the spine originally bore the gilt initials “A.G.”, now almost completely worn away due to wear; ink stamp “Alfred Gallart” on the half-title page