[HAUTES-PYRÉNÉES] - Lot 184

[HAUTES-PYRÉNÉES] Reunion of 3 works: - JUBINAL (Michel Louis Achille): Les Hautes Pyrénées (on the masthead: Impressions de Voyage). Fourth edition. Paris, Poulet-Malassis, 1862. In-12: 1f., IV, 224pp. Contemporary red chagrin, gilt title and gilt fillet on spine, imperial eagle coat of arms at center of covers, triple gilt fillet and fleurons in spandrels, gilt fillet on edges, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges. Preface by P. PLASSOT, who states that this work is an extract from "Voyage de Paris au Canigou". - JUSTICE (O.) : Les Hautes-Pyrénées, Guide à Tarbes, Cauterets, Luz, St-Sauveur, Barèges, Bagnères de Bigorre, Capvern, Cadéac, etc. Tarbes, Telmon, 1875. In-16: 152pp; large fold-out map by LASSERRE. Modern red Bradel-style boards, gilt title on spine. There appear to be no other editions of this rare guide, absent from all the major sales of recent years. A guide dedicated to "preneurs d'eaux", with statistics, curiosities, excursions, rates and a tour of spa centers. The author, "a member of the Société des Gens de Lettres", paints this comprehensive panorama with a light-hearted pen. He had already published a "Guide du Pèlerin et du Touriste à Lourdes" in 1874. - LESCAMELA (J. A.): Guide to the Pyrenees. Tarbes, Cauterets Tarbes, Dufour, 1867. In-12, 169pp; one fold-out map in fine. Modern red Bradel-style boards, gilt title and fillets on smooth spine.