Normandie monumentale et pittoresque (La): Public buildings, churches, châteaux, manor houses etc. Le Havre, Lemale et Cie, 1893-1899. 10 vol. in-folio (50.5 x 40 cm), red half-chagrin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt titles and tomaisons, cold-stamped fillets on covers, gilt head (period binding). An important and richly illustrated set comprising 5 coloured frontispieces, 435 heliogravure plates based on photographic plates and numerous illustrations in the text. The 440 plates are as follows: Seine-inférieure (2 vols.): 1 coloured front, 90 plates; Eure (2 vols.): 1 coloured front, 82 plates; Calvados (2 vols.): 1 coloured front, 84 plates; Orne (2 vols.): 1 coloured front, 84 plates; Manche (2 vols.): 1 coloured front, 95 plates. Copy printed for M. le Duc de la Roche-Guyon. Engraved armorial bookplate of Pierre de La Rochefoucauld, Duc de la Roche-Guyon (1853-1930) and wet stamp of the château's library on the titles. Ex-libris JM. Minor spotting, rare foxing, otherwise a fine, complete copy with a fine provenance. Rare in this condition.