A complete run of 12 volumes, bound in 4, of the important French journal under the direction of architect Charles Normand, concerned with the monuments and urban preservation of Paris, containing many hundreds of pages of documents and papers on well-known buildings and works of art, collections, demolished structures, archaeological..... More

16 pp. introduction, including a street index and indices of notable buildings and other sites, to a presentation of 6 double-page plates showing 20 illustrations from a reproduction of an 1808 map of the city. Tall 4to. Plates loose as issued in wrpps. portfolio. Paris (A. Tardie) 1908... More

Paris: Conseil pour le maintien des occupations, 1968. Various sizes: 44.5 x 28.5, 27 x 21, and 24.5 x 17.5 cm. Loose single-page sheets. One document with some minor chipping, soiling, and staining, wear along crease lines, overall about very good. A collection of three documents from the CMDO (Conseil..... More

26 hand-colored lithographic plates, comprised of title leaf and plates. numbered 1-15, 15bis, 16-24, depicting captioned caricatures of leading French politicians and military figures at the end of the Second Empire and the beginning of the Third Republic, including Adolphe Thiers, Jules Favre, Ernest Picard, Joseph Vinoy, August-Alexandre Ducrot, Louis..... More

Early 19th century map of the suburbs of Paris, from Montmorency in the north to Vissons and Villeneuve in the south, and from St. Germain and Versailles in the west to Noisy-le-Grand in the east, with towns and sites including chateaux and parks marked with short captions and elevations. Very..... More

16 pp. anonymous booklet containing proposed architectural principles for reconstruction announced at the Architectural Council in May 1946, addressing topics such as insufficient sunlight, residential areas too close to factories, traffic, transportation, and other factors, using some Corbusian principles. Illustrated. Oblong 8vo. Original side-staple wrpps., small pen mark to inside..... More