Charme de la France : Vezelay
Paris: M.J. Challamel Editeur, 1948. Paperback. Ivory wraps with bw photo. Black lettering on spine. [9] pp. text and 70 bw photos (including cover). 2 bw photo postcards of Vezelay laid in. Good+ clean and tight but with age toning to edges of covers; top inch of paper layer of spine is detaching. Item #160538
Text in French. Beautiful, vintage (contemporary at the time) photos of the French hill town of Vezelay, taken by Jean Roubier. With a preface by Paul Claudel, brother of sculptor, Camille. Includes a descriptive list of the 70 photos. This publication is No. 7 in the Charme de la France series. One postcard shows an aerial view, with the flying buttresses of the cathedral beautifully centered. The other photo features the beautiful relief above the doorway to the narthex of the cathedral. Postcards also vintage and in French.
Price: $29.97