History and Development of Paris's 17th Arrondissement

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FERAL Vie et Histoire Du XVIIè Arrondissement. HERVAS, PARIS 1987. Quarto format, good condition. 160 pages. Hardbound cartonnage binding. Contains in-text and full-page photographs in black & white and color. This arrondissement was established in 1860 through the annexation to Paris of suburban communes located within the Thiers fortified perimeter. Its history encompasses both the former commune of Batignolles-Monceau (detached from Clichy in 1830) and the Ternes district (which depended on Neuilly since the Revolution).