La géographie: cours supplémentaire pour les élèves de 20 à 60 ans (Geography: A Supplementary Course for Students aged 20 to 60) is one of a pair of witty titles written and illustrated by Hémard and published by the prestigious Paris firm of Javal et Bourdeaux, the other being L’histoire de France.

In six chapters and more than a hundred coloured illustrations covering geographical concepts, the general, commercial and industrial geography of France, foreign countries, and an overall summary, Hémard’s witty commentary and wry punning drawings feel very modern for a book published nearly a century ago.


La géographie was published in a limited boxed and numbered edition of 790 copies.