antique prints, maps and watercolors

(Paris Church interior) Nouvelles Vues de Paris. Paris: Gihaut Freres, ca. 1870. $95.00

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"Interieur de L'Eglise De Notre-Dame de Lorette"

A meticulously detailed view from a lovely series depicting many of the most beautiful and famous sites in Paris as they appeared at the end of the 19th century. Skillful artists and lithographers collaborated to create these lovely views 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." The church sits at the foot of the hill below Sacre-Coeur. is a neoclassical church built by architect Louis-Hippolyte Lebas between 1823 and 1836 in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.

10  x 14 inches, sheet.
Sepia toned lithograph.
Very good condition.