antique prints, maps and watercolors

(Paris) Jardin D'Hiver Champs Elysees - Nouvelles Vues De Paris Paris: Gihaut Freres, 1870. $125.00

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A meticulously detailed interior scene from a lovely series of views depicting the most beautiful and famous sites in Paris as they appeared in the 1870's. Ph. Benoist and J. Jacottet collaborated to create lovely prints of unrivalled beauty. Each original antique lithograph provides an invaluable record of architecture and landscape design as well as details of costume and aspects of daily life.  Close examination is guaranteed to instill in the viewer a longing to visit the wonders of the "City of Light." A wonderful view of people of all ages enjoying the wonders of the enormous greenhouse on the Champs Elysees.

10  x 14  inches, sheet.
Sepia toned lithograph.
This print has been professionally backed. There are losses in the far margins.