Louis RÉAU. Old abbeys of Ile-de-France. - Lot 81

Louis RÉAU. Old abbeys of Ile-de-France. Paris, Société de Saint-Éloy, 1955. In-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, II-9496 /// 178-(5f.). 66 etching illustrations by Achener (7), Baudier (3), Beaufrère (1), Bouroux (6), Cheffer (5),Cottet (4), Decaris (6), Hallo (6), Hertenberger (5), Jeannisson (1), Josso (5), Lemagny (7), Lézardière (5) and Vahl (4). Edition of 135 copies on Arches, this one printed for Gaston Girousse (no. 82). Enriched with one of the 5 suites on Japon Impérial in the definitive state, one of the 10 suites on Hollande in the first state with remarks, 5 original signed watercolors, 2 original pen-and-ink drawings and 3 lithographs by Paul Baudier, 3 menus by Trémois, including one in 4 states, one in 2 states and one in the definitive state, all contained in 2 separate folders. Discharge of frontispiece.