[Regionalism] - THIOLLIER (F). LE FOREZ PITTORESQUE ET MONUMENTAL. History and description of the Loire department and its borders. Illustrated with 980 engravings or etchings published under the auspices of the Diana. Lyon, Waltener et Cie.1889. 2 large folio volumes in publisher's folders. A monumental work, the finest published on Forez. It is illustrated with 731 engravings and 127 (out of 155) etchings, engravings or heliogravures placed in the second volume. Limited edition of 700 copies, this one numbered on vergé à la forme. Ex-libris of the Chalain d'Uzore library. Minor wear, foxing. Enclosed: LE CHATEAU DE LA BASTIE D'URFE ET SES SEIGNEURS (THE CASTLE OF LA BASTIE D'URFE AND ITS LORDS) Text by Count Georges de Soultrait - incomplete copy, comprising only a remainder of the text leaves, without the plates. H. 49 cm - W. 33 cm ANC Without hardback A work devoted to the history of the Château de la Bâtie d'Urfé and the genealogy of its illustrious owners, written by Count Georges de Soultrait. The copy on offer contains only part of the text, without the plates originally intended. Despite its incomplete nature, it remains a valuable record of one of the most important sites of the Forézienne Renaissance and of the Urfé lineage, including Honoré d'Urfé, author of L'Astrée. Age, brown spots, marks. Provenance : Hubert and Odile Thiollier Collection.