Les Vieux Hotels De Paris (Volumes I – XII)

Text in French. Published between 1913 and 1920; edition varies from 1st to 5th.  The first 12 volumes (of 22) from Contet’s magnificent photographic survey of the architecture and interior decoration of the grand old hotels of Paris, arranged quarter by quarter.  Each volume is a portfolio of essays, written by experts such as – Contet himself or J Vacquier – followed by loose leaf plates. Volumes have between 40 and 68 plates, all present as called for.  Portfolio boards are quarter green cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering on the spine, closed with green cloth ribbons. Elephant folio (approximately 19 inches by 13 inches).  Portfolios are worn and rubbed, sunned to various degrees over the spine, some cracked or fraying at ends, portfilio endpapers mostly tanned.  Leaves and plates have some occasional toning and spotting, especially at edges, where there is also the occasional small damage. 

Contet, F; Vacquier, J; Soulange-Bodin, H; Jarry, Paul

The volumes included in this set are

(i) Le Temple et la Marais Volume I (5th edition, 1920), with 44 plates 

(ii) Le Temple et la Marais Volume II (4th edition, 1920), with 40 plates

(iii) Le Furbourg Saint Germain Volume I (4th edition, 1920), with 42 plates

(iv) Le Faubourg Saint Germain Volume II (3rd edition, 1913), with 40 plates

(v) Le Ministere de al Marine (3rd editon, 1914), with 62 plates

(vi) Le Faubourgh Saint-Honore Volume I (3rd edition, 1920), with 42 plates

(vii) Le Faubourgh Saint Germain Volume III (3rd edition, 1920), with 44 plates,

(viii) L’Hotel Lambert (2nd edition, 1914), with 68 plates,

(ix) Le Place Vendrome (2nd edition, 1919), with 68 plate

(x) Le Quartier Saint Paul (2nd edition, 1920), with 45 plates

(xi) Le Faubourgh Saint-Honore Volume II (1st edition, 1919), with 40 plates, and

(xii) Le Faubourgh Saint Germain Volume IV (1st edition, 1920), with 40 plates

This is an extremely heavy set of portfolios and will incur a significant additional charge for overseas delivery.  Overseas customers are asked to inquire before purchasing if you wish to have an accruate estimate of delivery costs and options to your country.  Offers (as always) welcome.