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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Lesbros, Dominique, author.     Subjects     Curiosities and wonders -- France -- Paris -- Guidebooks.     Paris (France) -- Guidebooks.     Paris (France) -- Tours.     Paris (France) -- Pictorial works.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lesbros, Dominique, author.       by title:      Curiosities of Paris...         MARC Display

Curiosities of Paris : an idiosyncratic guide to overlooked delights ... hidden in plain sight / Dominique Lesbros ; translated by Simon Beaver. by Lesbros, Dominique, author. New York : Little Bookroom, c2017. Subjects Curiosities and wonders -- France -- Paris -- Guidebooks.   Paris (France) -- Guidebooks.   Paris (France) -- Tours.   Paris (France) -- Pictorial works. ISBN:  9781681371108 (paperback) : 1681371103 (paperback) Description:  236 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 21 cm Edition:  English edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "This absorbing compendium is an essential addition to the library of the armchair traveler and flaneur alike. Lavishly illustrated with 800 color photographs, this fact-packed treasury leads readers through the streets of Paris and, by pointing out unique locations and architectural oddities, as well as utilitarian objects whose functions have long been obscured with the passage of time, reveals a previously unnoticed city. Organized by subject--fountains and wells; centuries-old shop signs; vestiges of wars and ancient Egypt; hotels of legend; civic measurement devices; traces of rites and superstitions; remarkable trees; sundials and meridians; equestrian Paris; romantic ruins; unusual tombs, stairways, and passageways; religious relics; mosaics; public barometers and thermometers; and hundreds more urban elements and anachronisms--this delightful guide deepens the reader's knowledge and appreciation of Paris through the centuries. In the introduction to her unusual encyclopedia of the Parisian streetscape, Dominique Lesbros writes, "a city is nothing if not a vast cabinet of curiosities." Entrez! The book also includes three themed walks (along the city's ancient walls, in the steps of Quasimodo, and through the French Revolution), as well as an index of street names"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 914.4361 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 914.4361 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kalihi-Palama Public Library Adult Nonfiction 914.4361 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 914.4361 Le Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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