Photo album: Dauphiné.

35 albumen prints, c. 12,7 x 19,3 cm, with legends (support lvs spotted).

Contemp. half leather, cloth on covers, gilt title, flat gilt orn. spine, silky endpapers (corners rubbed, spine rubbed, sm. def. on head and tail).

Album showing Grenoble, the largest city of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Grenoble was the capital of the Dauphiné, a former province whose area corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme and Hautes-Alpes. Representing city views of Grenoble and the fortification near the river, Sassenage and Oursière waterfall, Ponts-de-Claix, Uriage-les-Bains, Allevard-les-Bains, Vizille Castle, Grande-Chartreuse, the train track "Ligne de la Mure", several hiking routes, the Belledonne massif, glaciers, seracs, crevasses, etc.