321 pages; Folio (12.5") 32 cm; Large heavy hardcover, gray-green cloth, white and black lettering and decor, endpaper map, index of all important chateaux (country houses of nobility) in region of Paris, about 450 high-quality photos, including about 50 in full color. Laid in: monochrome glossy map of the Ile-de-France, with reverse artwork identical to book jacket. ; Copyright 1963. This is 1st English edition, 1965. Authored by Pierre Levallois and Gaston d'Angelis. Illustrations by Alexandre Rubin de Cervin and Fanny Fay. Preface by Wladimir d'Ormesson. Edited by Claude Fregnac. Book designed by Pierre Faucheux. ; One small pale stain to fore-edge. No other defects to book. Jacket has a few small edge chips, none affecting text. No other defects. Spectacular coffee-table book. Scarce with map. ; Collection Realites Series