Paris Postcards: The Golden Age - Softcover

'A discrete declaration of love, an array of surprising discoveries. His passion for Paris is that of a true Parisian.' * Metro * `Leonard is completely legitimate, he's impregnated with Paris. He sees things that we don't see' * Le Figaro *

This collection of postcards provides a window into a world now lost forever: Paris in its golden age. Leonard Pitt's selection offers a stimulating view of an era in which both Paris and the `carte postale' were in vogue. Pitt's choice of medium introduces the reader to a rich and alive social world, in which, during the early years of the twentieth century, over one million postcards were produced and exchanged a day. Exchanges range from the passing romances of Parisian street-vendors through to the lovesick expat writing to his sweetheart back home: revel and be transported by this exciting mix of landmark and anecdote, the glorious and elegant commingling with the quaint and nostalgic.