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[France - Paris] BRICE, Germain Description de la ville de Paris et de ce qu'elle contient de plus remarquable. Nouvelle édition. Enrichie d'un nouveau plan & de nouvelles figures dessinées & gravées correctement. Paris, "Libraires associés" (J. Bullot), 4 vol., 12mo: [4]-xx-[4]-[4]-iv-[6]-[6]-456-[pp.; pl. (occ. foxing, marg. damp stains in vol. I, long tear without loss in p. of vol. I, some tears in pl., occ. sl. stains). Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, marbled edges (rubbed, some wormholes, sm. defects to heads of 3 first vol., front joint of vol. I parly split and with labels pasted on spine). Last edition (1st: without ill.), revised by the author although published posthumously, and updated by P.-J. Mariette and G.-L. Pérau, of the most popular 18th-c. guide of Paris by the historian and topographer Brice (1653?-1727). Illustrated with fold. plates incl. a plan of the city. By the historian G. Brice (1653?-1727). Ref. Cohen - BnF.