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London: A and C Black, 1900. Very Good. 8vo. in red patterned cloth with gilt titles. 127pp. with frontis, color plates. Very good. Soil and edge wear to boards, edges toned. Internally unmarked.

London: A & C Black. Very Good. N.D.. Hardcover. Boards with light wear to extremities. Light foxing to half title page; 20 tissue guarded plates from watercolors by Amedee Forestier; 8vo; vii, 127 pages .

London: A & C Black. Very Good+. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Bookplate. ; 20 tissue guarded plates from watercolors by Amedee Forestier; 8vo; vii, 127 pages .

London: A. & C. Black, nd. First Edition. With 20 distinguished colour plates by Amedee Forestier. 8vo, publisher's original red cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in black and orange on the upper cover and spine panel in a handsome art-deco design, t.e.g. vii, 127, 2 ads pp. A very nice copy, clean, the binding in excellent condition with some mellowing at the spine panel, internally with just a minimal amount of the spotting typical to the title, the illustrations and plates perfectly preserved. FIRST EDITION. An impressive example of an A. & C. Black’s illustrated travel book. Employing the local color palette of grays, browns, and blacks, with notes of red and blue in costumes and skies, Forestier achieves great atmospheric renderings of this historic area. The quality of austerity is highlighted by glimpses of colorful stained glass windows and verdant meadows. Sir Amédée Forestier was an Anglo-French artist and illustrator who specialized in historical scenes, and landscapes.… Read More