ROUVIER, Frédéric. Les Grands Sanctuaires de la Très Sainte Vierge en France. Published in Tours by Alfred Mame et fils in 1899. In-folio, red half-maroquin with corners edged with gilt fillet, spine with false nerves highlighted with gilt fillet, fleurons and triple gilt framing to entrenerfs, author and title in gilt lettering, gilt head. Contemporary binding. 7 ff. 426 pp. 45 captioned and numbered off-text engravings under serpents, numerous illustrations in the text, including several headpieces and endpapers. Title printed in black and red, with vignette. Spines, headpieces and corners rubbed. Clean inside. First edition of this important monograph on the main Marian shrines in France, including Notre-Dame de la Garde in Marseille, Lourdes, Chartres and Rocamadour. It contains a history, architectural descriptions and abundant illustrations of the buildings, rites and religious objects. Copy with P.-A. Ambrogi's poem "Ile-Rousse" on a flyleaf. Luxurious, well-established copy in red half-maroquin.