The Waiting City: Paris 1782-88
PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
BINDING
Russet cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITION
Boards are in worn condition, with scuffing and scratching, spine faded. Front hinge is split but binding otherwise feels secure. Some browning and foxing to outer leaves and block edges, but printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked. Inscription on flyleaf.
DUST JACKET
No.
EDITION
1933, first publication in English.
DESCRIPTION
A contemporary account of life in Paris in the years leading up to the Revolution, this is an abridgement of the much longer original work "Le Tableau de Paris". Translated and edited, with preface and notes, by Helen Simpson. Illustrated with over 30 monochrome plates. 355 pp. Octavo.