231 - Set of 2 books on the theme of France and Russia, including:

Set of 2 books on the theme of France and Russia, including: ⎼ Louis BARRON, *Le Nouveau voyage de France*, containing numerous illustrations—some of them full-page—depicting French landscapes, monuments, and buildings, published by A. Mame et fils in Tours, 1899, full blue percaline binding with polychrome and gilt decoration featuring plants and a view of the Château de Chenonceau (detached from the paperback inside), gilt edges (33 x 24 cm) ⎼ Edouard DUPRAT, Russia: History, Description, Manners, Customs, Government, with lovely engravings in the text, notably portraits, published by Marc Barbou & Cie, printers and publishers in Limoges, 1893, full red percaline binding with black and green embossed decoration of plant friezes and a heraldic lion on a cherry branch, the back adorned with the Barbou family coat of arms and their motto "Meta Laboris Honor," gilt edges (28 x 20 cm) (Signs of wear, foxing, scuffs, pages not collated)