Description of Paris 'with 126 illustrations and a map,' (map not present); a pocket guide for English visitors. It gives general information about the language and money, and describes arrival; accommodation; useful institutions such as embassies, post office, police, clubs, reading rooms; opening times for museums and theatres; travel; facts about Paris; streets and civic buildings; gardens; churches; palaces; private houses; theatres; sport; museums; municipal government; courts and prisons; charities; military establishments; food and water supplies; commerce; the sewers; catacombes; the morgue; cemeteries. Details of equestrian performances (p. 210); panoramas etc (211-2). Illustrated with many engravings.
| Item number | 39158 |
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| Category | Book |
| Type | Paris |
| Dimensions | length 142mm; breadth 90mm; thickness 17mm |
| Language | English |
| Country of origin | France |
| Related people | Adolphe Joanne (author) |
Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection