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Paris and Its Story

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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LIST OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS BY O. F. M. WARD

Rue St. Antoine Frontispiece

Point du Jour facing page 5

Roman Baths in Musée de Cluny”” 8

Bois de Boulogne—Lac Supérieur”” 19

Rue St. Jacques”” 23

St. Julien le Pauvre”” 26

Port des Ormes”” 37

L’institut de France”” 44

Hotel Gerouilhac”” 51

St. Etienne Du Mont and Tour de Clovis”” 62

Vincennes”” 68

Rue de Venise”” 77

La Sainte Chapelle”” 86

The Seine from Pont da la Concorde”” 93

Le Petit Pont”” 100

Ile de la Cité”” 109

The Seine at Alfortville”” 117

On the Quai des Grands Augustins”” 124

Notre Dame from the North”” 132

Porch of St. Germain l’Auxerrois”” 141

Rue Royale”” 146

Boulevard St. Michel”” 155

Luxembourg Gardens”” 165

The Louvre—Galerie d’Apollon”” 172

St. Gervais”” 178

Luxembourg Palace”” 181

Place des Vosges”” 188

Pont St. Michel”” 191

Pont Neuf”” 194

Notre Dame”” 207

Place du Carrousel”” 211

Versailles—Le Tapis Vert”” 214

Grand Palais and Pont Alexandre”” 219

Hotel des Invalides”” 222

Colonne Vendôme”” 230

Place du Châtelet and Tour St. Jacques”” 235

Mont S. Geneviève from l’Ile S. Louis ”” 238

St. Sulpice”” 241

Montmartre from Buttes Chaumont”” 251

Place de la Concorde”” 256

Eiffel Tower”” 261

Arc de Triomphe, Place du Carrousel”” 268

The Louvre, Eastern Entrance”” 274

Rue Drouot and Sacré Cœur”” 278

Versailles—Bassin de Neptune”” 283

The Observatory”” 287

The Louvre from the South-East”” 293

St. Eustache”” 300

The Trocadero”” 327

Arc de Triomphe—Place de l’Etoile”” 330

In the Garden of the Tuileries”” 334

REPRODUCTIONS OF PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE

Thirteenth Century Sculptures from St. Denis (Restored)”” 84

Our Lady of Paris. Early Fifteenth Century”” 136

Portrait of Francis I. Jean Clouet”” 150

Tritons and Nereids from the Old Fontaine des Innocents. Jean Goujon”” 166

Portrait of Elizabeth of Austria, Wife of Charles IX. François Clouet”” 168

Catherine de’ Medici. French School, Sixteenth Century”” 176

Portion of the East Façade of the Louvre. From Blondel’s Drawing, showing Perrault’s Base. (Reproduced by permission of M. Lampue)”” 220

Winged Victory of Samothrace”” 302

St. George and the Dragon. Michel Colombe”” 302

Cardinal Virtues. Germain Pilon”” 304

Diana and the Stag. Jean Goujon (Photogravure)”” 304

The Burning Bush. Nicolas Froment (Photogravure)”” 306

Triptych of Moulins. Le Maître de Moulins”” 308

Juvenal Des Ursins. Fouquet”” 308

Shepherds of Arcady. Poussin”” 310

A Seaport. Claude Lorrain”” 312

Landing of Cleopatra at Tarsus. Claude Lorrain”” 312

The Embarkation for the Island of Cythera Watteau”” 314

Grace before Meat. Chardin”” 316

Madame Récamier. David”” 316

Landscape. Corot”” 318

Lictors bringing to Brutus the bodies of his Sons. David”” 320

The Pond. Rousseau”” 322

The Binders. Millet”” 324

The majority of the photographs of sculpture have been taken by Messrs. Haweis & Coles, while most of the other photographs are reproduced by permission of Messrs. Giraudon.

LINE ILLUSTRATIONS BY KATHARINE KIMBALL

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The Cité 3

Remains of Roman Amphitheatre 6

Tower of Clovis 16

St. Germain des Prés 26

St. Julien le Pauvre 32

St. Germain l’Auxerrois 39

Wall of Philippe Auguste, Cour de Rouen 64

La Sainte Chapelle 70

Refectory of the Cordeliers 74

Cathedral of St. Denis 80

Notre Dame: Portal of St. Anne 82

Notre Dame—Southern Side 85

Notre Dame and Petit Pont 91

Tower in Rue Navarre in which Calvin is said to have Lived 94

Hôtel of the Provost of Paris 96

Palais de Justice, Clock Tower and Conciergerie105

Palace of the Archbishop of Sens113

Chapel of Fort Vincennes122

Tower at the Corner of the Rue Vieille du Temple and the Rue Barbette126

Tower of Jean Sans Peur128

Cloister of the Billetes, Fifteenth Century, Rue de l’Homme Armé135

Tower of St. Jacques147

Pont Notre Dame149

Chapel, Hôtel de Cluny151

West Door of St. Merri152

Tower of St. Etienne du Mont153

La Fontaine des Innocents161

West Wing of Louvre by Pierre Lescot163

Petite Galerie of the Louvre174

Hôtel de Sully183

Place des Vosges188

Old Houses near Pont St. Michel, showing Spire of the Ste. Chapelle190

The Medici Fountain, Luxembourg Gardens196

Pont Neuf198

The Institut de France208

River and Pont Royal225

South Door of Notre Dame237

Interior of St. Etienne du Mont239

Hôtel de Ville from River279

Notre Dame, South Side282

St. Séverin285

Tower and Courtyard of Hotel Cluny287

Old Academy of Medicine289

Cour du Dragon292

St. Gervais294

Place des Vosges, Maison de Victor Hugo296

Archives Nationales in Hôtel Soubise, showing Towers of Hôtel de Clisson298

Near the Pont Neuf303

Arches in the Courtyard of the Hôtel Cluny322

The majority of the three-colour, half-tone and line blocks used in this book have been made by the Graphic Photo-Engraving Co., London.

LIST OF MAPS

Plan of the Historic Louvre from Blondel’s Drawing xxiii

Map of the successive Walls of Paris xxiv

Plan of Paris when Besieged by Henry IV. in 1590, facing page 175

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PLAN OF THE HISTORIC LOUVRE FROM BLONDEL’S DRAWING THE SITE OF THE OLD LOUVRE BEING ADDED.
PLAN OF THE HISTORIC LOUVRE FROM BLONDEL’S DRAWING THE SITE OF THE OLD LOUVRE BEING ADDED.
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Illustration from Paris and Its Story
MAP OF THE SUCCESSIVE WALLS OF PARIS
MAP OF THE SUCCESSIVE WALLS OF PARIS

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