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005			20180722224958.0
008			161209r20172014nyuab 001 0 eng
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019			_a957616732 _a988575857 _a989056943
020			_a9781681371108 (paperback)
020			_a1681371103 (paperback)
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100	1		_aLesbros, Dominique, _eauthor. _9338782
245	1	0	_aCuriosities of Paris : _ban idiosyncratic guide to overlooked delights... hidden in plain sight / _cDominique Lesbros ; translated by Simon Beaver.
264		1	_aNew York : _bThe Little Bookroom, _c[2017]
300			_a236 pages : _bcolor illustrations, maps ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
500			_aIncludes index.
651		0	_aParis (France) _vGuidebooks. _972855
651		0	_aParis (France) _vTours. _9280022
650		0	_aCuriosities and wonders _zFrance _zParis _vGuidebooks. _9338783
651		0	_aParis (France) _vPictorial works. _992596
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