Les Beaux Pays
Publisher: Nicholas Kaye. Country: United Kingdom. Date: 1951-63.
Austria
by Eugene Susini
London, Nicholas Kaye, 1961 (Les Beaux Pays series).
Hardback with dust wrapper.
LES BEAUX PAYS (NICHOLAS KAYE)
Series Note: This series of travel books/coffee table books was published by Nicholas Kaye Limited, 194-200 Bishopsgate, London, W2.
"This series has gained an international reputation by the beauty of its illustrations and the high standard of production, allied to authority of text." (Source: The White Road Westwards by BB. London, Nicholas Kaye, 1961.)
"This excellent series of travel books" - The Observer.
The series name, Les Beaux Pays, means "The Beautiful Countries" or "The Beautiful Lands" in French.
A magnificent and extensive series named Les Beaux Pays was earlier published in France by Arthaud [A. Arthaud]. Titles from that series were translated into English for this Nicholas Kaye series and also into other European languages (e.g. Spanish) published by other publishers on the Continent.
Format: Hardback with dust wrapper. Each volume contains about 250 pages and 200 heliogravure plates.
Arranged alphabetically by title
Algeria
Austria
Cote d'Azur
Florence
Greece
Italian Lakes
London
Mont Blanc
Morocco
Naples
Paris
Provence
Rome
Sienna
Spain
Venice
Versailles
Yugoslavia
Source of above list:
Back plate of dust panel of The White Road Westwards by BB. Illustrated by BB. London, Nicholas Kaye. 1961. 1st edition.
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