Paris known and unknown / by William Walton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walton, William, 1843-1915.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paris (France)--History.

Paris (France).

Paris (France)--Description and travel.

Penn Provenance:

Free Library of Philadelphia (donor)

Physical Description:

3 volumes : frontispieces, illustrations (part color) 89 plates (20 color, 5 double) map. 7 plans. ; 44 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : G. Barrie & son, 1899-[c1901].

Contents:

I. Introduction. Gallo-Roman and pre-mediaeval periods. The court and the upper classes. The bourgeois and the lower classes. The administration, national and municipal. Religious, charitable, and educational institutions. Operas an d theatres: Paris as a musical centre.

II. Social functions: official and private. Amusements, restaurants, cafes. Financial and cmmercial. Paris as an artistic centre. Paris as a centre of literature and science. National art manufactures: Sévres, Gobelins, Savonnerie, Beauvais, etc. The great museums.

III. Paris: architectural and monumental. Street scenes; groups in parks, etc. Transportation, public and privaae. Paris: the famous historical environs. Expositions.

Notes:

Published in 25 unbound parts, c1898-1901.

Published also in 10 v. under title: Paris from the earliest period to te present day ... [1899-1902].

OCLC:

21581067