Bagnères-de-Luchon - Bagnères-de-Bigorre - Lot 218

Bagnères-de-Luchon - Bagnères-de-Bigorre LAMBRON (Ernest) - LEZAT (Toussaint) The Pyrenees and the Sulfurous Thermal Waters of Bagnères de Luchon with: 1/ Views and Plans... - 2/ Geological Maps and General Map of the Range - 3/ Geological Map and Topographical Map of the Luchon and...Aran Mountains - 4/ Tables of Excursions... - 5/ Itinerary from the Ocean to the Mediterranean... - 6/ Indications Générales Paris, Chaix, 1863 (sd. the second). 2 volumes in one in-12: 1f., XLIV, 624pp. / 2f., p. 625 to 1108; 16 plates of fold-out maps, views, etc., some in color. Contemporary ½ calf with corners, spine ribbed and decorated, red author, black title, gilt head. The editions, all identical, are dated 1860 to 1864 or undated. "The second part of this voluminous work constitutes the first Pyrenean climbing book. This work is unjustly underestimated. It has to be said that the thickness of the volumes and a particularly ill-chosen title hardly invite discovery (Labarère 853). CASTILLON d'Aspet (Jean Héliodore CASTILLON dit): Histoire spéciale et pittoresque der Bagnères -de-Luchon, containing numerous details concerning the region and the thermal baths of Luchon, its various productions, the customs of the inhabitants of the surrounding valleys, etc., etc., with a general itinerary for the use of bathers. Toulouse, Gimet ; Saint-Gaudens, Tajan, 1851. In-8. Scattered spotting. ½ period fawn basane, smooth spine decorated, light rubbing.