Dictionnaire Historique de la Ville de Paris et de ses Environs Dans lequel on trouve la description des monumens (sic) et curiosités de cette capitale; l'établissement des maisons religieuses, celui des communautés d'artistes et d'artisans; ...
by Hurtaut, Pierre-Thomas-Nicolas & L. de Magny
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A Paris: Chez Moutard, imprimeur-libraire de la Reine, Ho^tel de Cluny, rue des Mathurins, 1779. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Four volumes. I: [iv], VIII, [viii], 720pp.; II: [iv], 792pp.; III: [iv], 784pp.; IV: [iv], 847, [iii]pp. First edition. I: A-B; II: C-E, III: F-P; and IV: P-Z. Mottled calf, spines gilt, all edges marbled. Spine ends chipped, bindings rubbed. Engraved folding map and plan of Paris. Descriptions of the sights of the French capitol and the surrounding area. Short stub tears to maps. Light foxing; very good.
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- Dictionnaire Historique de la Ville de Paris et de ses Environs Dans lequel on trouve la description des monumens (sic) et curiosités de cette capitale; l'établissement des maisons religieuses, celui des communautés d'artistes et d'artisans; ...
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- Hurtaut, Pierre-Thomas-Nicolas & L. de Magny
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- Hardcover
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- A Paris: Chez Moutard, imprimeur-libraire de la Reine, Ho^tel de Cluny, rue des Mathurins, 1779
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- Paris Guide
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