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Planta, Edward :
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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printed for Samuel Leigh and Baldwin, 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 the Paris
plan,
Book reference no: 37974 - Price: £250.00
Click to order
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Folding frontis of Public Edifices
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Folding map of London to Paris Routes
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Folding plan of Principal Objects of Cusiosity
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Folding map of the Environs of Paris
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