Aux Pyrénées, le sac au dos
LAPORTE (Albert)
Paris. - Théodore Lefèvre. - 1878.
- Format : In-8 (grand).
- Number of volumes : 1 volume.
- Binding : Bound.
- Collation : VI-380 pp.
Bound in publisher's red half-chagrin. Cold-stamped red leatherette boards. Spine with four nerves, with ornate boxes, title and author's name gilt. Super gilt bookplate on heel. Slight rubbing on the binding. All edges gilt. Manuscript bookplate on flyleaf. Handwritten bookplate on the title page. Freckles on the pages. Frontispiece in black and white under serpente. Contents decorated with black and white illustrations in and out of the text.
Sought-after book.
After having written En Suisse le sac au dos, the author did it again in 1878 with this book. This guidebook describes the Pyrenees from the Basque Country to the Mediterranean (the Basque Country occupies the first 3 chapters). The journey is written in a fictionalized form, containing many legends of the region.
In good condition.
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