The Book Shed

Very light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, no jacket, two different previous owner's inscriptions else clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. Map is in near fine condition with a folded edge. From Wikipedia: "The Touraine is one of the traditional provinces of France.... Throughout the late 15th and 16th centuries, Touraine was a favorite residence of French kings, and the dark and gloomy castles were converted to Renaissance châteaux; for this reason the region was titled "The Garden of France". These same châteaux became popular tourist attractions in modern times." And many of those chateaux, as the were in the 1920's, are depicted in Miss Aulton's 92 drawings of which 12 are copperplate engravings. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.