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2 vols. Several text leaves. Illustrated with 49 chromolithograph plates and 14 lithograph plates (mostly duo-tone) from drawings by Fedor Hoffbauer; 23 maps and plans with glassine overlays with keys printed in orange (3 maps are printed in 2 colors); 1 double-page facsimile map of Paris; plus numerous wood-engravings throughout text leaves. Text by A. Bonnardot, Jules Cousin, Èdouard Fournier, Paul LaCroix, and others. (Folio) 17¾x12½, original red cloth folders stamped in silver with cloth tie strings, plates loosely laid in as issued. "Deuxième Édition" [Second Edition].

A comprehensive and spectacular work portraying in chromolithography the evolution over the centuries of the great buildings and landmarks of Paris, including the Bastille, the Louvre, Notre-Dame, and many others. The most interesting feature of this series derives from the pictorial progressions of key sites still familiar in Paris today, as the monumental view spots materialized architecturally. Text in French.