Old Touraine; the life and history of the famous chateâux
Theodore Andrea Cook's two-volume history and travel account of the Loire valley châteaux, published in New York by J. Pott & Co. in 1900 for English-speaking readers and tourists. Sepia halftone photographs show castle facades with conical-roofed towers, dormered rooflines, arcaded courtyards and carved stone stairways, useful for architectural silhouettes, ornament details and soft-toned period photographic texture.
