Le mouvement géographique : journal populaire des sciences géographiques [...].

30 vol., folio.

Variable bindings with paper boards (variable condition).

Very rare set of the first 30 consecutive vol. of this periodical by editor Alphonse-Jules Wauters. The primary focus of this publication was the promotion and the documentation of the Congo with the aim of Belgian colonisation, discreetly supervised by King Leopold II. This periodical is thorough in description and ill. with tables, charts, calculations, photographs and maps in-text. 22 vol. have their complete set of additional maps out of text.
Ref. BnF (only 4 issues). - Opac KBR (only one issue). - Henry, Élise, Le Mouvement Géographique, entre géographie et propagande coloniale, 26-46 (online).