Châteaux de la vallée de la Loire des XVe, XVIe et XVIIe siècles. Dessinés d'après nature et lithographiés par Victor Petit [...].

2 vol., lge folio; 100 pl. (occ. foxing). Good inside copy.

Contemp. three-quarter red shagreen, marbled paper covers, gilt orn. spines with raised bands (sl. rubbed).

First edition illustrated with 100 nice lithographs on tinted background on "chine appliqué". Figuring castles of the departments of the Loire, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Nièvre, Cher, Yonne, Loiret, Sarthe, Eure-et-Loir, Loir-et-Cher and Indre-et-Loire, Indre, Sarthe, Deux-Sèvres, Mayenne, Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique (or Loire-Inférieure): Chambord, château de Luynes, Ussé, Sansac, Saint-Ouen, Amboise, Blois, Cheverny, Chevenon, etc.