Promenade aux cimetières de Paris : aux sépultures royales de Saint-Denis, et aux catacombes : avec trente dessins ... une vignette servant de frontispice, d'après le dessin de M. Lafitte, le plan des caveaux de Saint-Denis avant leur destruction, et la désignation de l'emplacement de tous les tombeaux de l'église, d'après le dessin de M. Debret, ... et une vue intérieure des catacombes /
Of interest to art and social historians, this walking tour of Paris cemeteries treats the history, layout and the then most fashionable tombs of Montmartre, Père La Chaise, Vaugirard and Ste. Catherine. It often identifies the architects and the authors of the epitaphs. It documents the royal crypt...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | French |
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Paris :
C.L.F. Panckoucke, Editeur,
[1820?]
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| Summary: | Of interest to art and social historians, this walking tour of Paris cemeteries treats the history, layout and the then most fashionable tombs of Montmartre, Père La Chaise, Vaugirard and Ste. Catherine. It often identifies the architects and the authors of the epitaphs. It documents the royal crypts of the Basilica of St. Denis (the folding plate) and describes the Catacombs and the strange specimens displayed in its curiosity cabinets.--From vendor's description. |
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| Item Description: | Authorship attributed to Piétresson de Saint-Aubin. Date from British Museum Catalogue. "This first edition has been variously dated from 1815 to 1820. It must have been published after February 1816, the latest date here illustrated on a grave."--From vendor's description. The Cushing Library/Dawson French Collection copy is one of only two copies printed on vellum, apparently the printer's with his name gilt at the base of the spine.--From vendor's description. The Cushing Library/Dawson French Collection copy has ephemera: Vendor's description. |
| Physical Description: | 1 preliminary leaf, ii, 6, 243 pages : illustrations, plates, plans (some folded) ; 20 cm |
| Place of Publication: | France -- Paris. |