Souvenir de Paris: Photographies en couleurs. Notice in English and French
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[Anonymous] - Souvenir de Paris: Photographies en couleurs - Paris - L'Abeille - [ca. 1900] - 1st edition - 18 pp - Concertina-type binding - 13,5 x 19 cm.
Condition: Good - with the usual wear.
Antique touristic booklet ('un livre en zigzag') with 16 beautiful photos in COLOUR (so-called chromolithographs) of cityscapes and monuments of Paris around 1900. Text in English and French. Bound in beautiful red linen luxury binding.
¶ Visible are the Arce de Triomphe, La Madeleine, L'Avenue des Champs-Elysées (with vintage cars), the Notre-Dame cathedral and of course La Tour Eiffel (the Eiffel Tower, opened for the World Exhibition of 1889 and since then the symbol of the French City of Light.