The curiosities of Paris, in nine letters. Containing The Manner of Travelling from Calais to Paris, and the Description of the Towns. &c. on the Road. Description of Paris, Course of the Seine, Bridges, Fountains, &c. Palaces, Paintings, Gardens, Statues, Cabinets of Curiosities, and an Execution on the Wheel. Hospitals, Churches, Relics, and Processions. Squares, Statues, and Inscriptions. Different Orders of the Religious, Orders of Knighthood, Equipages, and Theatres. Amphitheatres, public Libraries, Colleges, Nunneries, &c. and the Ceremony of taking the Veil. Description of St. Cloud, the Royal Mausoleum of St. Dennis, and Regalia of the Crown. Description and Curiosities at Versailles, Trianon, Marli, Waterworks, and Machine, Gardens, Statues, Procession of the Knights of the St. Esprit, &c. &c. Interspersed with useful Observations, and particularly adapted for the Perusal of Chirurgical Students and the Traveller. By A. R.

People / Organizations

• A. R. (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, near Temple-Bar, Fleet-Street, [1760?]

Publication year

1760-1760

ESTC No.

T130688

Grub Street ID

179775

Description

[3],vi-xxiii,[1],169,[3]p. ; 8⁰

Note

Braces in imprint.

Uncontrolled note

Latest letter dated 1755; latest book advertised at end, 1756. GK = [1760?]