[DREVET (Joanny)] - AUSCHER (Léon). Splendour and Solitude of the Grande Chartreuse. Grenoble, Didier-Richard, 1930. In-folio, bound in green half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, ribbed spine, gilt title on spine, endpapers on dominoté paper, gilt head. First edition, illustrated with 20 etchings and 20 drawings by Joanny Drevet. One of 50 copies on Japon (N°48), with : - an additional suite on HollandeVan Gelder - 4 state proofs: Cirque de Saint-Même, Chamechaude et Saint-Pierre de Chartreuse, La dent de Crolles, le Granier. With an introductory text by Léon Auscher. A subscription form is enclosed. Léon Auscher (Strasbourg 1866 - Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse 1942) was a French automotive engineer and writer. He played a role in promoting tourism in France and was vice-president of the Touring Club de France. He was one of the promoters of winter sports; in 1905, he created and chaired the syndicat d'initiative in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, where he built a bobsleigh track in 1917. A superb copy. Perret, 1377 - Beccatini p. 79 (who gives the date 1931, but the printing is actually dated November 1930).