F. Cadet de Gassicourt — Paris Ses Vieux Hotels

Paris, éditions des Meilleurs Livres, 1928. copy 73 of 300 copies on Vellum of Arches paper. Hardbound. Paper covered portfolio boards with printed title. 24 pp, with 20 good quality plates, some in duotone, and some in color. Beautiful drawings by Georges Loukomski of elegant old hotels of Paris. Some are exterior views, and some are interior. Nine pages of notes on the history, architecture and personages associated with each hotel give the reader a thorough image of each iconic building. Fair. A very good reading copy, ex library and loose, paper somewhat brittle (customary), every plate with a small library ownership stamp in lower margin), remnants of tissue guards. Plates are very nice.