Guides Joanne. Exceptional collection of 88 guides to French - Lot 330

Guides Joanne. Exceptional collection of 88 guides to French departments, Hachette, in-12, blue half-percaline, gilt title on long spine, books illustrated with maps and engravings, C.1900, overall in fine condition. Algeria. Ain. Aisne. Allier. Alpes-Maritimes. Ardèche. Ardennes. Ariège. Aube. Aude. Aveyron. Basses-Alpes. Basses-Pyrénées. Bouches-du-Rhône. Calvados. Cantal. Charente. Charente-inférieure. Cher. Corrèze. Corsica. Côte-d'Or. Côtes-du-Nord. Creuse. Deux-Sèvres. Dordogne. Doubs. Drôme. Eure. Eure-et-Loir. Finistère. Gard. Gers. Gironde. Hautes-Alpes. Haute-Garonne. Haute-Loire. Haute-Marne. Hautes-Pyrénées. Haute-Vienne. Haute-Saône. Haute-Savoie. Hérault. Ille-et-Vilaine. Indre. Indre-et-Loire. Isère. Jura. Landes. Loire. Loir-et-Cher. Loire-Inférieure. Loiret. Lot. Lot-et-Garonne. Lozère. Maine-et-Loire. Manche. Marne. Mayenne. Meurthe-et-Moselle. Meuse. Morbihan. Nièvre. Nord. Oise. Orne. Pas-de-Calais. Puy-de-Dôme. Pyrénées-Orientales. Rhône. Saône-et-Loire. Sarthe. Savoie. Seine. Seine-et-Marne. Seine-et-Oise. Seine-Inférieure. Somme. Tarn. Tarn-et-Garonne. Territoire de Belfort. Var. Vaucluse. Vendée. Vienne. Vosges. Yonne. Rare set. In 1855, Louis Hachette, who at the time had a monopoly on railway station libraries, recruited Adolphe Joanne (1813-1881), the best travel guide writer of the day, and immediately made him director of his collection. He commissioned many authors, including Elisée Reclus. His son Paul succeeded him on his death (J.R.Masson-438).