Sur les routes de France (1952/1954) #[nn]

Pierre Fournier's Sur les routes de France (1952–54) is a quietly transporting volume from Les Cahiers Dessinés that captures the spirit of mid-century French travel through sketchbook eyes. The cover sets the tone beautifully, pairing a black-and-white photograph of a vintage car parked beside a canvas tent in an open landscape with a loose, charming line drawing of a small car winding through rolling fields — accompanied by the handwritten caption "Puis nous sommes allés aux Saintes Maries de la Mer…" With a preface by Delfeil de Ton, this 2015 collection feels like discovering someone's treasured travel journal, unhurried and full of wandering warmth.