LE BONDIDIER (Louis) - Lot 422

LE BONDIDIER (Louis) Voyage de Napoléon III et de l'Impératrice Eugénie aux Pyrénées en 1859. Bagnères de Bigorre, Société Ramond [Lourdes, Château-fort de Lourdes], 1937. In 16: 114pp, 3f; ill. on header. Edition of 600 copies, one of 300 for the author's account (no. 88). Green Bradel-style boards, gilt title throughout, publisher's cream cover preserved. Written by LE BONDIDIER based on archival documents and newspaper commentaries of the period. Note the charming little vignettes on the masthead. The first 300 copies are reserved for the author, with the publisher's mention "Château-fort de Lourdes", the cover entitled: "Vacances Impériales"; the last 300 are located in Bagnères de Bigorre under the name of the "Société Ramond" with a cover identical to the title and inscribed in the "Cahiers Pyrénéistes" collection (Labarère 898).