book, by Robert FAURE, collection Alpes & Midi, OPHRYS E - Lot 671

book, by Robert FAURE, collection Alpes & Midi, OPHRYS Ed 1992 - 32 x 24 cm, 112 pages. "LE CHAMPSAUR, HISTOIRE & MÉMOIRE Champsaur is the upper Drac valley in the Hautes-Alpes department, comprising the communes of the canton of Orcières (Orcières, Champoléon, Saint Jean Saint Nicolas), the canton of Saint-Bonnet (Saint-Bonnet, Ancelle, Bénévent et Charbillac, Buissard, Chabottes, Chabotonnes, Les Costes, La Fare, Le Forest St Julien, Les Infournas, Laye, Molines en Champsaur, La Motte, Le Noyer, Poligny, St Julien en Champsaur, St Eusèbe, St Laurent du Cros, Sr Léger, St Michel de Chaillol) and 4 communes in the canton of St Firmin en Valgodemard (St Firmin, Aspres les corps, Chauffayer and le Glaizil). - The author recounts the history and life of this valley, this unique little hidden country with a strong identity - Text book illustrated with old engravings for the history of the Dauphiné and royalty, old photographs and period postcards for the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A fine book by a local scholar with a passion for his place.