Paris Boulevards – Gravuras coloridas à mão

*the text is approx. the etymology of the word boulevard
*horse-drawn vehicles = véhicules hippomobiles
*Porte Saint-Denis [monument] seen top left

*featuring Colonnes Morris : Morris columns (in colour) displaying advertisements

*Florist’s street store with the Church of Good News in the background

{Les Passages Couverts}

*Tortoni: the dessert legends: ONE -><- TWO

“The Boulevard des Capucines is one of the four ‘grands boulevards‘ in Paris, a chain of boulevards running east-west that also includes Boulevard de la Madeleine, Boulevard des Italiens, and Boulevard Montmartre.”

“The tone is essentially aristocratic. Inner boudoirs sell the paraphernalia of the toilette, notably the house’s own exclusive ‘Reine des Abeilles’, or Queen Bee, cosmetic preparations, by appointment to the Empress.”*

“*The Guide to Gay Paree 1869 – Part 5: Shopping” is an excerpt from ‘Paris Partout! A guide for the English and American Traveller in 1869 or How to see PARIS for 5 guineas’ [see all 8 posts excerpted from that book] — from the Victorian Paris: Life in 19th Century Paris blog.

*Le Figaro is a daily newspaper founded in 1826 [F—E—W]

*Florist (+/- itinerant traders) outside police station

*The Beaumarchais Theatre, in the 4th arrondissement^, was established in 1835 and rebuilt in 1892 (the scene features a street toilet)

{All the images above have been cropped from their usual appearance as centrally-located, small illustrations on otherwise blank pages; a few have been very lightly background cleaned. Library stamps have been removed from each print and the images above with black borders were spliced together from screenshots}