[BAGNÈRES-de-BIGORRE] - Lot 18

[BAGNÈRES-de-BIGORRE] - SARABEYROUSE cadet (Pierre) : Observations sur la Nature et les Effets des Eaux Minérales de Bagnères-Adour, suivi de la Description des Établissemens Thermaux, de celle des Promenades de la Ville et des Environs, et des Indications ou Renseignements Nécessaires aux Étrangers. Bagnères, Dossun ; Toulouse, Vieusseux, 1818. In-8: XVI, 272pp. ½ 19th century green calf, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges. Some fifty pages concern the picturesque section. Published the same year as the Deville, forms with the latter a complete historical, picturesque and medical panorama of romantic Bagnères de Bigorre (Labarère 1476). - GANDERAX (Charles): Recherches sur les Propriétés Physiques, Chimiques et Médicinales des Eaux Minérales de Bagnères de Bigorre. Paris, Gabon & Cie, 1827. In-8: XII, 624pp; 3 large folding plans by CAILLOUX in fine. ½ contemporary fawn calf, gilt title and fillets on smooth spine, light rubbing. Although mainly medical, chapters devoted to a description of the town at the beginning of the work, botany of the surrounding area and a history of the thermal waters, the people who frequented them and the authors who devoted a few pages to them.