Author: Henry Debraye; Camille Mauclair [Severin Faust]
Title: En Touraine & la Normandie from Editions J. Rey
Description: Grenoble, Editions J. Rey, 1926. First edition. Leather. Two smartly bound first edition travel guides from Editions J. Rey, with illustrations throughout. French. Two volumes. Editions J. Rey was a French publishing house known for publishing beautifully illustrated books on various regions and countries, particularly before 1930. This set contains: En Touraine et Sur Les Bords de la Loire (Chateaux et Paysages), 1926. Illustrated with one hundred and eighty heliogravures. A guide to Touraine, one of the traditional provinces of France, with chapters on the river Loire, Sologne, the Cher Valley, the valleys of the Indre and the Vienne, and the Loire of Angers. Written by Henry Debraye, a French archivist and historian. La Normandie, 1926. Illustrated with one hundred and eighty-three heliogravures. A guide to Normandy, a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe mainly comprised in France. With chapters on the Seine valley, the Caux and its beaches, Rouen, Mont Saint-Michel, and the Christian land. Written by Camille Mauclair, the pen name of Severin Faust, a French poet, novelist, biographer, travel writer, and art critic. Bound in half crushed morocco with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light spotting to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Touraine Normandie Mauclair Debraye Normandie None


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