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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 102 pages. French language. 7.56x5.04x0.39 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Condition: Good. None Stated (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce illustrated guide to Paris, complete with plates and a large fold-out colour map, recording the city and its monuments at the height of Haussmann"s transformation. In the publisher's original cloth binding.A very scarce copy of this work, with only one copy held institutionally at the British Library.Illustrated with 13 monochrome plates, including a frontispiece. Featuring a large fold-out colour map to the rear. Collated, complete.An illustrated practical guide to Paris and its surroundings, presenting detailed descriptions of monuments, museums, gardens, churches, palaces, theatres, promenades, boulevards and transport links, reflecting Paris during the great Haussmann transformations, making it an important record of the city in the Second Empire. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Slight fading to extremities and boards. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in slight loss to cloth. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained in places, but firm. Pages generally bright and clean if slightly age toned with one or two spots and handling marks heavier to fore edge and first and last few leaves. Good. book.