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Paris as it was and as it is : or, A sketch of the French capital, illustrative of the effects of the revolution, with respect to sciences, literature, arts, religion, education, manners, and amusements : comprising also a correct account of the most remarkable national establishments and public buildings / in a series of letters, written by an English traveller, during the years 1801-2, to a friend in London.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection DC731 .P23 1803 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- French
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Paris (France)--Description and travel--19th century.
- Paris (France).
- Travel.
- France--Paris.
- Penn Provenance:
- Hall, Mira, H. (bookplate)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 22 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by and for C. and R. Baldwin, New Bridgestreet, Blackfriars., 1803.
- Language Note:
- Volume in is English with occasional references in French and Latin.
- Notes:
- Attributed to F.W. Blagdon., cf., British Museum catalogue.
- Errata notes on page [5] in volume two.
- Imprint information on title page and colphon of both volumes.
- Includes bibliographic notes.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center library copy contains bookplate of "Mira H. Hall" on inside front cover of volume two. Possible copy of Mira Hinsdale Hall, founder of Miss. Hall's School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts?
- Kislak copy references a menu (volume one: pages 443-452) from the Beauvilliers restaurant in Paris, France. The Kislak Center holds an original copy from the restaurant from the same time of the book's publication. See TX 911.3.M45 A58 1800.
- OCLC:
- 779454
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