GRATTAN (Thomas Colley) - Lot 174

GRATTAN (Thomas Colley) Grandes Routes et Chemins de Traverse, ou Contes recueillis dans les Provinces Françaises; par un Irlandais voyageant à pied. Translated from the English on the third edition by Mme Louise Sw. BELLOC. Paris, Renouard, 1825. 3 volumes in-12: 2f., LXI, 175pp. / 2f., 176pp. / 2f., 292pp. ½ period fawn chagrin, ornate ribbed spine, marbled edges. Uncommon. Béarn, Vendée, Périgord and Landes against a backdrop of historical bluettes. Grattan visited the Pyrenees in the early 1820s. He wrote 2 novels set in the Pyrenees: "Caribert the Bear Hunter" and "The Cagot's Hut". Our "High-Ways and By-Ways or tales of the roadside" are from 1823-25 and 27 in 3 series. Also included: - VENDRYES (J.-Ch.) : Voyages en famille. Notes et souvenirs. Paris, Baschet, [1877]. In-12. ½ red chagrin, ornate ribbed spine, Lycée Carnot on upper cover, gilt edges. A good copy. - BARANDEGUY-DUPONT: Les Pyrénées. Paris, Lainé, 1867. In-12, 15pp. ½ green percaline à la Bradel, long title on spine.