Robida Paris de Siècle en siècle features color lithographs, published by A librairie illustrée. Softcover, measuring 23 x 31 cm. Illustrative cover and spine (spine split), untrimmed edges, minor cover loss. Contains an engraved frontispiece, 412 pages, with 250 drawings by Albert Robida, including 24 plates (7 in color). Well-preserved interior without foxing, worthy of a fine binding. Themes include…
Robida Paris de Siècle en siècle features color lithographs, published by A librairie illustrée. Softcover, measuring 23 x 31 cm. Illustrative cover and spine (spine split), untrimmed edges, minor cover loss. Contains an engraved frontispiece, 412 pages, with 250 drawings by Albert Robida, including 24 plates (7 in color). Well-preserved interior without foxing, worthy of a fine binding. Themes include The Cradle Island, Growth, Three Great Abbeys of the Left Bank, The Paris of Churches and Convents, Commanderies, Along the School City, Feudal Paris, Bourgeois and Popular Paris, The Royal Place and the Marais, The Paris of Louis XIV and Louis XV, The Birth of the Modern World.