Charles Poisson - Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar : Météorologie de Madagascar - 1930

Vol. III: VII, 376 pp.; 62 text figurestwo photographic plates, three large to very large folded maps.
Uncut. Unopened. With maps and many tables.
Original printed wrappers, wrappers detached, a bit frayed, damaged at top and bottom of spine, with a tear along the upper and lower front joint, front wrapper chipped at edges.
Otherwise a very good copy of a rare volume.

* This vol. on météorologie forms part of Alfred and Guillaume Grandidier's magnum opus on the history and natural history of Madagascar, which was published between 1875 and 1958.
Charles Poisson S.J. (1882 - 1965) was an astronomer and meteorologist; he was a navy officer, who later became a priest.
Alfred Grandidier (1836 – 1921) was a French naturalist and explorer. After extensive travels around the world, to South America and India, he travelled to Zanzibar. In 1865 he made his first visit to Madagascar. He became devoted to the study of the island, revisiting in 1866 and 1868.
After returning to France he began to work on his great work, L'Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. This work was undertaken in cooperation with others. This work ran to 40 volumes, the final volumes published posthumously by his son Guillaume Grandidier.
All parts are rare.

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