[PAU - PYRÉNÉES-ATLANTIQUES - VALLÉE d'OSSAU] - Lot 285

[PAU - PYRÉNÉES-ATLANTIQUES - VALLÉE d'OSSAU] Reunion of 7 volumes: - BASCLE de LAGRÈZE (Marc Flavien Antoine Gustave) : Le Château de Pau. Souvenirs Historiques. Son Histoire et sa Description. Deuxième édition revue et aug. Paris, Hachette, 1857. In-8; woodcut frontispiece by TRONSENS. ½ contemporary red calf, richly decorated smooth spine. - COLLECTIVE: Association Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences. 21st Session - September 1892. Pau and the Lower Pyrenees. Notices Historiques, Scientifiques et Economiques. Pau, Garet, 1892. In-8; 6 plates hors texte (5 on Pau, one in chap. archeology), 6 illustrations in text by JAM. ½ red contemporary basane, gilt title on spine. Texts on Pau and the department by A. PLANTE, L. LACAZE; on linguistics by PLANTE and VINSON and on the Pyrenees by RUSSELL and BOUILLE. The latter's article on flora and fauna occupies 66 pages. It is the part devoted exclusively to the department that we present here. There are 2 other volumes published by the same association to commemorate this 21st cession. - CAPDEVIELLE (François) abbé: La Vallée d'Ossau, Basses Pyrénées. L'Etat Social de la Vallée d'Ossau avec quelques détails sur les Eaux Thermales, l'Archéologie et les Montagnes, ill. by Henri GEISSE. Paris, Sauvaître, Pau, Imp. Aréas, 1891. In-8 paperback; frontispiece, headband illustrations and 3 illustrations out of text. First edition. Interesting sociological study of the valley. Abbé CAPDEVIELLE was parish priest of Aàs and member of the C.A.F. of the Bordeaux S.O. section. - LAFFORE (Joachim): Notice Historique et Médicale sur l'établissement thermal des Eaux-Chaudes (Basses Pyrénées). Pau, Vignancour, 1849. In-8. Autograph letter. Bradel-style green cloth, red spine label. Rare. After a historical overview of the establishment, the famous people who stayed there and technical information on how to make the most of his cure, Dr. Laffore devotes himself to medical observations on patients. - OLLIVIER (Robert): Le Pic d'Ossau. Monographie, impressions et récits. Preface by Joseph PEYRE. Paris, Susse, 1948. In-8; 8 plates hors texte of double-sided photos. ½ green basane, gilt title on lightened smooth spine. - MASSIE (Jean-François) colonel: Les Camps et les Mottes dans le Département des Basses Pyrénées. Edition Completed and Revised in 1964. Pau, Imp. Commerciale des Pyrénées, 1965. Large in-8 paperback. - BRUGNOT (Georges): De Pau au Pic d'Ossau et à Gavarnie. Preface by Comte Russel (sic) Published by the Pau section of the C.A.F. Paris, Album illustré des villes d'eaux... Sd. (1897). In-12; numerous photo illustrations in text, one fold-out map in fine. In addition to this work, this discreet Pyrenean was in charge of the Bulletin Pyrénéen from June 1897 to December 1903. He signed (sacodo) various articles on excursions. The careful layout of the illustrations is unfortunately not rewarded by the quality of the print run or the paper. Not in Perret (Labarère 280).