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Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

First edition, first printing. Good in re-covered boards with original title label seemingly recovered. Original endpapers retained, though front free endpaper missing. Front and rear hinges broken. Some foxing and other marks.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to., (11 x 8 4/8 inches). Fine circular hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece of the interior of Notre Dame and 19 plates after Rosenburg. Modern blue morocco gilt by Bayntun of Bath, top edges gilt, others uncut. Provenance: from the library of Jacques Levy, his sale, Sotheby's, 20th April 2012, lot 336 First edition, and an ATTRACTIVE COPY, paper watermarked 1811. "The City of Paris has always been an object of much interest to the Traveller. Recent events, which have filled every mind with astonishment, gratitude, and joy, have rendered the Metropolis of France, now enriched with the choicest spoils of conquest, and the noblest specimens of art, doubly interesting. From every neighbouring kingdom, and especially from the shores of Britain, thousands have eagerly flocked to that Capital, formerly the scene of the most horrible atrocities, now the depository of the most valuable treasures. This volume contains a series of accurate and elegant Views of the principal Public Buildings in Paris, and affords a pleasing specimen of the peculiar style of French Architecture" (Preface). Abbey, Travel 104; Tooley, Books with col. plates 448. …