Galignani's New Paris Guide, for 1870: Revised and Verified by Personal Inspection, and Arranged on an Entirely New Plan

Paris: Galignani, [1870?]. 1870 edition. Red embossed leather duodecimo; x, 612, xii pages, 22 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations, maps (some folded); index; 17 cm A very good (-) copy; some light cracking to leather at outer fold of spine; edgewear to boards; pages clean and binding tight; color map very good (+) with small openings at folds . Hardcover.

Very thorough guide to a changing Paris. Large fold-out color map with map pocket of front cover. Map pocket and front board hinge appear to have been neatly if tightly (pocket) reglued. // Contents: Preface; Part I: General Information, Advice to Travellers, Comparative Tables of French and English weights and measures, Money, Thermometrical Scales, etc; Tables of French nad English duties, Physical and social statistics; Laws affecting foreigners; Historical Notice of Paris; its new Division; Government and Public Institutions. Part 2: Description of Paris by Walks; Edifices, Curiosities, Etc.; Part 3: Places of Public Amusement; Part 4: Environs of Paris; Part 5: PAris Directory, Addresses of Ambassadors, etc., List of Bankers, Tradesmen, etc.; List of Streets; Index.