[PARIS] - Nicolas Goulet - Observations sur les embellissements de Paris et sur les monuments qui s'y construisent - 1808

GOULET (Nicolas)

Observations on the Embellishments of Paris and on the Monuments Being Built There

Paris, published by the author and Leblanc, 1808.

1 octavo volume (20.5 x 12.5 cm), half red cloth (later binding), smooth spine, gilt title, [4]-iv-432 pages (complete). Boards fragile, a few scratches to the boards, tears to the endpapers, a few spots of foxing. Reasonable condition.

First edition.

Published at the height of the First Empire under Napoleon I, this work is directly linked to the policy of major imperial public works aimed at transforming Paris into a modern, monumental capital.

Uncommon copy.