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Pyrenees - D'ARCANGUES (Pierre), ARLAUD, CADIER, FOURCASSIÉ, LACQ & LE BONDIDIER. The Pyrenees. Watercolors by Bouillière and D'Hauterive. Paris, Alpina, 1933. Large in-4 paperback, color illustrated cover. Cover worn and detached, brown stain in upper margin. 12 watercolors engraved out of text in color and numerous photographic reproductions in text and on full page. Edition of 4430 copies; no. 825.

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Pyrenees - D'ARCANGUES (Pierre), ARLAUD, CADIER, FOURCASSIÉ, LACQ & LE BONDIDIER. The Pyrenees. Watercolors by Bouillière and D'Hauterive. Paris, Alpina, 1933. Large in-4 paperback, color illustrated cover. Cover worn and detached, brown stain in upper margin. 12 watercolors engraved out of text in color and numerous photographic reproductions in text and on full page. Edition of 4430 copies; no. 825.

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