Galignani's New Paris Guide: Containing an Accurate Statistical and Historical Description of All the Institutions, Public Edifices ... an Abstract of the Laws Affecting Foreigners ... and Arranged on an Entirely New Plan

Paris: A. and W. Galignani and Co., 1839. 1839 Edition. 16mo with dark green leather boards and gilt title stamping; marbled endpapers; 59 plates; 16cm. Lacks folding map at rear. Boards are worn at extremities and show some scuffing to covers though spine is spared, glossy and clean; binding is tight and pages unmarked; very good (+). Map has been neatly removed. . Hardcover.

Thorough guide describing Paris for English-speaking (British) visitors. Explains everything from prisons to currency to measurements and social statistics. A Paris lost now but vividly described herein.