PETIT (Victor) - Lot 292

PETIT (Victor) - 1/ Souvenirs of Cauterets and its surroundings. Bagnères de Luchon et Saintes, Dulon, sd. In folio oblong: chromolithographed title in mauve, copper and gold, 13 single plates and a large lithographed fold-out panorama. Publisher's dark percaline boards, gilt title in fine rocaille framing on upper board, rubbed. - 2/ Souvenirs des Eaux-Bonnes, drawn from life and lithographed by V. PETIT. Pau, Auguste Bassy. (followed by:) Souvenirs des Eaux-Chaudes, dessinées d'après nature et lithographiés par Victor PETIT. Pau, Auguste Bassy, sd. Two parts in folio: title illustrated with a lithograph, 10 plates on tinted background - title illustrated with a lithograph, 8/10 plates on tinted background; the last 2 plates of the "Eaux-Chaudes" part, which are rare, are absent from this copy ("Panorama du bassin de Bedous et surtout le magnifique Fort d'Urdos, haute vallée d'Aspe" which is rarely found in this album). ½ contemporary black calf, brown mottled paper boards, gilt title on boards. Composition varies for these albums, but with 10 plates each they are very complete. The various parts are sometimes grouped together under the generic title Souvenirs des Pyrénées. The views in these two Ossalois sections are mostly classical.