The curiosities of Paris, in nine letters. Containing The Manner of Travelling from Calais to Paris, and the Description of the Towns. &c. on the Road. Description of Paris, Course of the Seine, Bridges, Fountains, &c. Palaces, Paintings, Gardens, Statues, Cabinets of Curiosities, and an Execution on the Wheel. Hospitals, Churches, Relics, and Processions. Squares, Statues, and Inscriptions. Different Orders of the Religious, Orders of Knighthood, Equipages, and Theatres. Amphitheatres, public Libraries, Colleges, Nunneries, &c. and the Ceremony of taking the Veil. Description of St. Cloud, the Royal Mausoleum of St. Dennis, and Regalia of the Crown. Description and Curiosities at Versailles, Trianon, Marli, Waterworks, and Machine, Gardens, Statues, Procession of the Knights of the St. Esprit, &c. &c. Interspersed with useful Observations, and particularly adapted for the Perusal of Chirurgical Students and the Traveller. By A. R.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

A. R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paris (France)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Paris (France).

Genre:

Letters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([3],vi-xxiii,[1],169,[3]p. )

Other Title:

Curiosities of Paris,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, near Temple-Bar, Fleet-Street, [1760?]

Notes:

Braces in imprint.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T130688.

OCLC:

642364016