Histoire des environs de Paris

Second edition, revised and annotated by J. Belin. Illustrated with 30 steel-engraved plates hors-texte depicting principally châteaux and monuments, and with a folding map (often missing).

Restoration period binding in half glazed hazelnut calf. Spine with flat false raised bands decorated with roulettes on the bands and blind fillets. Black calf title-label and volume label. Generally fresh throughout, with very white paper, some pale scattered foxing and a few plates browned. The spines show some browning, otherwise very fine condition overall, the boards without rubbing and corners sharp.

Comprehensive monograph on the châteaux and remarkable sites of the Île de France, some of which, such as the château de Marly, have now disappeared.