DELEBECQUE (André). French lakes. Atlas of French lakes. Typographie Chamerot et Renouard, 1898. In-4°, bound in half red chagrin, price gilt on first cover, 5-ribbed spine decorated with fleurons with gilt title, spotted edges and 1 atlas in folio in half cloth jacket with title label (period binding). first edition, illustrated with 22 hors-texte maps and 153 figures in the text; the atlas, very rare, includes 10 (of 11) large folding plates in colour from the 2 issues printed respectively in 1892 and 1893, in very good condition. plates I to VII (1st issue) show bathymetric maps of lakes Léman, du Bourget, Annecy, Aiguebelette (with errata sheet), Paladru, Saint-Point - Remoray and Malpas, and Nantua - Sylans and Genin; plates VIII to X (2nd issue) show the lakes of the Jura, Laffrey and Girotte, and the Central Plateau of France; as is often the case, the 11th bathymetric map (3rd issue published in 1896) shows the lakes of Gérardmer, Longemer, Retournemer and Corbeaux (Vosges): it is reproduced in reduced format and without colour in the in-4° volume (plates XV and XVI). A list of the author's main publications is included. A reference work on the lakes of the various French massifs. Autograph signed letter from the author to Amédée Girod de l'Ain on the cover of the Atlas. Perret, 1261-B and 1261-E - ACL p. 86