Literary pilgrimages and romantic dwellings in France

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LECUYER Raymond, CADILHAC Paul-Emile. Demeures inspirées et Sites romanesques, Tome I & II. 2 volumes in-4°, S.N.E.P. - Illustration, 1949-1955. Substantial illustrated work with numerous black and white photographs and color reproductions, some mounted, in and out of text. Color plates. Original covers preserved. Tome I: 373 pages with texts by Bedel, Cahuet, Grégut, Engerand, Hallays, Lauris, Lecomte, Levaillant, Ritter, Soulange-Bodin, Tharaud, Vaillat, Vedel and Veran. Color map of literary pilgrimages in France (frontispiece). Contents include: homeland of Ronsard, Rabelais visit, Montaigne, Richelieu, Sully, Corneille, Loti, Hugo, Vauban. Tome II: 377 pages with texts by Brousson, Cahuet, Constantin-Weyer, Johannet, Lacretelle, Massoul, Montserrat, Noussane, Ritter, Schwab, Sikorska, Soulange-Bodin, Varenne, Veran. Contents include: Gregory of Tours, Petrarch, Joinville, Brantôme, Montesquieu, Sylvie, Balzac, Corsica, Maupassant, Port-Cros, Courteline. Format: 38.5 x 30 cm. Condition: slipcase with minor wear, one slipcase missing; boxes slightly rubbed at corners, one cardboard side damaged; spine yellowing and external split on second tome. Overall good state for these substantial volumes.