BENOIST (Félix) Nantes and the Loire-Inférieure. Monuments anciens & modernes, Sites & Costumes pittoresques. Nantes, Charpentier père, 1850. 2 volumes in 1 large in-folio volume, green half-chagrin, ornate ribbed spine, green chagrined percaline boards with gilt frames bearing the coat of arms of the city of Nantes in the center of the upper board. Bound in publisher's original binding, upper spine partially split. Complete with 74 hors-texte lithographs, most in two-tone, some in color. A magnificent illustrated romantic publication on Nantes and the Loire-Atlantique region. The first volume is devoted to the city of Nantes and its various monuments. Volume II covers the various castles, churches and remarkable monuments in the rest of the département. The volume ends with 10 color plates of traditional local costumes. A good copy.

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