Nice to Evian by the Route des Alpes
( The PICTURE GUIDES ) FERRAND, Henri
[The Picture Guides series].
NEAR FINE COPY
Published: Medici Society, [1925]
Stock code: 32332
Price: £20.00
4to., First Edition, with sepia-toned title-vignette, very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text and front endpaper map (lightly browned), small neat signature on blank preliminary; original series binding of burgundy cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy.
Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.