| Titre : | A NEW PICTURE OF PARIS or THE STRANGER'S GUIDE TO THE FRENCH METROPOLIS : accurately describing the Public Establishments, Remarkable Edifices, Places of Amusement and every other object worthy of attention, also a description of the Environs of Paris with correct maps, an accurate plan of the city, a guide to the principal objects of curiosity, numerous views of the public edifices, etc..
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| commentaire : | printed for Samuel Leigh and Badldwin, Cradock and Joy, London, 1825, 14th edn., xii, 508pp, 20pp index to Paris plan (plan lacking), 12pp ads., tables of the price of post-horses, folding table of posting charges, engraved plates comprising: folding frontis Views of Public Edifices (1), folding map of London to Paris Routes, folding plan of Principal Objects of Curiosity, folding Views of Public Edifices (2), interior of the Catacombes, folding plan of Cemetary Pere la Chaise, folding map of Environs of Paris, chunky pocket format about 5.5 x 3.5 inches, 12mo., full black leather lettered and ruled in gilt at spine, lettered in gilt at upper board, the fourteenth edition described as 'considerably enlarged', a comprehensive guide to the traveller between England and Paris, France in the early 19th century, with advice on currency, coaches (horse drawn), packets (sail and steam), posting, inns and hotels including rates and facilities for your servants, restaurants, menus (priced), Paris and the parisians, places to visit, etc., a tightly bound copy, rubbed at extrems. with sl. fraying at tips, edges dusty, most folding engravings misfolded with extra creases, some engravings with sl. tears and rubbing to extrems., lacks Paris plan |
