Curiosities of Paris : an idiosyncratic guide to overlooked delights... hidden in plain sight / Dominique Lesbros ; translated by Simon Beaver.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: New York : The Little Bookroom, [2017]Description: 236 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781681371108 (paperback)
- 1681371103 (paperback)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This absorbing compendium is an essential addition to the library of the armchairtraveler and fl neur alike. Lavishly illustrated with 800 color photographs, thisfact-packed treasury leads readers through the streets of Paris and, by pointingout unique locations and architectural oddities, as well as utilitarian objects whosefunctions have long been obscured with the passage of time, reveals a previouslyunnoticed city.
Organized by subject-fountains and wells; centuries-old shop signs; vestiges ofwars and ancient Egypt; hotels of legend; civic measurement devices; traces ofrites and superstitions; remarkable trees; sundials and meridians; equestrian Paris;romantic ruins; unusual tombs, stairways, and passageways; religious relics; mosaics;public barometers and thermometers; and hundreds more urban elements andanachronisms-this delightful guide deepens the reader's knowledge and appreciationof Paris through the centuries.
In the introduction to her unusual encyclopedia of the Parisian streetscape, DominiqueLesbros writes, "a city is nothing if not a vast cabinet of curiosities." Entrez !The book also includes three themed walks (along the city's ancient walls, in thesteps of Quasimodo, and through the French Revolution), as well as an index ofstreet names.
"This absorbing compendium is an essential addition to the library of the armchair traveler and flaneur alike. Lavishly illustrated with 800 color photographs, this fact-packed treasury leads readers through the streets of Paris and, by pointing out unique locations and architectural oddities, as well as utilitarian objects whose functions have long been obscured with the passage of time, reveals a previously unnoticed city. Organized by subject--fountains and wells; centuries-old shop signs; vestiges of wars and ancient Egypt; hotels of legend; civic measurement devices; traces of rites and superstitions; remarkable trees; sundials and meridians; equestrian Paris; romantic ruins; unusual tombs, stairways, and passageways; religious relics; mosaics; public barometers and thermometers; and hundreds more urban elements and anachronisms--this delightful guide deepens the reader's knowledge and appreciation of Paris through the centuries. In the introduction to her unusual encyclopedia of the Parisian streetscape, Dominique Lesbros writes, "a city is nothing if not a vast cabinet of curiosities." Entrez! The book also includes three themed walks (along the city's ancient walls, in the steps of Quasimodo, and through the French Revolution), as well as an index of street names"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes index.