Author: NO AUTHOR
Title: Roses and Thorns of Paris. . . And London: A Historic and Descriptive Review of the Virtues and Vices of the Two Greatest Cities of the Earth Embellished with Original Illustrations By Famous Artists
Description: Philadelphia: Historical Publishing Company, 1900. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 8 x 10 1/2 x 1 3/4; 518 pages; Hard cover is original red cloth with black lettering and drawing on front and spine. Water staining on front and back boards [covers ca. 2/3 back cover], bumping, fraying, shelf wear, rubbing/scuffing. Front gutter is very weak; back gutter not quite as weak. First 4 pages loose from spine. Pages show signs of wear; some foxing, color transfer, crinkling inside back cover, sunning to edges. Divided into two main sections: After Hours in Paris [19 chapters]; The Story of London [15 chapters]. Exhaustively illustrated with 100+ b/w drawings, many of them full page sized. Per the title page: Presenting Pen-and-Pencil Sketches of the Glories and Shames, the Elevating and Debasing Influences, the Reclaiming and Destructive Efforts, the Helpful and Perverting Agencies that render Paris and London the Babylons and Jerusalems of the century. Exhibiting Society as it exists in the Palace and the Slums; among the Princes and the Pariahs, the Moral and the Fallen, the Good and the Degenerate. That lessons may be learned therefrom infulencing to shun evil and admire virture. Oversized; 5#.. Good+ .

Keywords: Cultural History; Social History; France; England; Social Standing; Social Class; Morality; Urban Life; Women's History; Women/Womens' History Sports/Athletics Cultural History Education Architecture European History History Art Geography English/British