Germain Brice - Description de la ville de Paris et de...

Rare edition and beautiful illustrated work with 7 folding plates of this fascinating third volume of Germain Brice's monumental work, which constitutes an erudite and detailed topography of Paris at the beginning of the 18th century, offering the reader a scholarly stroll through the streets, the monuments, the institutions, and the curiosities of the royal capital - Here the Quarter of Saint Germain des Prés and the Quarter of the Isle of the Palace, Published at a time when Paris asserts its role as a major center of the kingdom under Louis XIV and at the beginning of the Régence, this guide belongs to a tradition of urban descriptions intended to showcase the riches of a city to travelers, cultured inhabitants, and lovers of history and art - Germain Brice, whose Parisian descriptions appear in several successive editions, does not simply compile a list of streets or buildings, but seeks to explain what makes the capital remarkable, paying particular attention to architecture, works of art, religious institutions, and places where the prestige of the monarchy is manifested - Germain Brice - Description of the City of Paris and of all that it contains most remarkable - 1713 - Volume III - François Fournier - 490 Pages. Good binding condition, work in its full contemporary vellum binding, wear from use, some minor flaws on covers and spine, heads, corners and joints worn, red speckled edges, spine with raised bands, gold lettering and numbering on morocco pieces - Good interior condition, browning, beautiful vignette and ink annotations on title page, work enriched with magnificent engravings outside the text on 7 folding plates, endpapers in fair condition, good copy - Delivery service available within a few days -

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