Montpellier through a century of photographs (1845-1944)

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LACAVE, Mireille. *Montpellier naguère 1845-1944*. Paris: Éditions Payot, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket, 207 pages, featuring 160 reproduced vintage photographs. Explores the urban axis from the Comédie to the Esplanade, the historic quarter of carriages and railways, reflections of the School, the West and Peyrou district, the Cathedral and University, parades and presidents, carnivals, 1907: the grape harvest riots, games and sports, markets and shops, Montpelliérains in the countryside and by the sea. "Mémoires des villes" collection. Fine copy.