Imperial Masquerade: The Paris of Napoleon III

Burchell, S. C.

Published by Atheneum, New York, 1971

About this Item

370 pages, portraits; 22 cm. Map on lining papers. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription on the half-title page and signed again on the title page. Dust jacket with light edgewear. *** CONTENTS: The garden at the Tuileries; An evening at the theater; Imperial saraband; Hall of Mirrors; The splendid city; The other Paris; The great fair; The bombs of Orsini; The pragmatists; Syllabus of errors; The establishment; Against the grain; The scientific eye; Flowers of evil; Orpheus in hell; La gloire; The last spring; The mousetrap. Size: 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 061004

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Imperial Masquerade: The Paris of Napoleon III
• Publisher: Atheneum, New York
• Publication Date: 1971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: SIGNED
• Book Type: Collectible
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture::Urbanism, Cities & City Planning
  • XL: Extra Large
  • European::French
  • European::7. Late 19th Century
  • XXX::COLLECTIBLES