MALTE-BRUN, Conrad Géographie universelle [...]. Revue, rectifiée et complètement mise au niveau de l'état actuel des connaissances géographiques par E. Cortambert. Paris Boulanger et Legrand 1863-1864 7 (of 8) vol., 4to. Paper spotted in all vol. Green half morocco (corners rubbed), gilt spines on 4 raised bands (heads, tails and joints sl. rubbed). Important work popularizing science, by the Danish-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun (1775-1826), often reissued and here re-edited by the French geographer Cortambert (1805-1881). Incompl. (vol. 8 lacking), also regarding illustr.: present are 59 steel engr. plates incl. an allegorical frontisp., a portrait of Malte-Brun and 14 col. pl. (people and costumes, and views and sites, most under silky papers) in vol. I, and 1 folding map (Oceania). Joined: Grégoire, L. - Géographie générale physique, politique et économique. Paris, Garnier, 1876. 4to (some spotting throughout, inside rather unfresh). Gilt crimson morocco. Ill. with 100 maps (some col.), 16 chromolith., 20 steel engr. and many wood engr. - Id. - [Same title]. Nouvelle édition [...]. Ibid., 1883. 4to. Blindst. red morocco (clear waterstains). Later ed. of the same work. (9 vol.)