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Designing Paris explores the revolution in French architecture that began around 1830 under the leadership of Félix Duban, Henri Labrouste, Louis Duc, and Léon Vaudoyer. It shows how these four architects dominated their profession during the Monarchy of July and the Second Empire of Napoleon III, producing works of elasticity and brilliance not often associated with modern notions of the French Classical tradition, works in which they sought simultaneously to trace the historical evolution of architecture and to explore rational innovations in structure. This reconciliation of historicism and rationalism, Van Zanten observes, bore fruit in the design and construction of public monuments of great individuality, subtlety, and complexity. These became the generative elements of the city of Paris itself as it was transformed during the middle of the nineteenth century, giving rise to the "Beaux-Arts" system of training and design that spread from Paris to the world at large, and to the professional definition of the architect as a public servant. The buildings from the years of the Monarchy 6 of July (1830-1848) that are discussed and illustrated in detail are Duban's designs for the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Labrouste's Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, and Vaudoyer's Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers. Three of the monuments that were erected during the Second Empire of Napoleon III (who was overthrown in 1870) are the subject of the book's final chapters: Vaudoyer's Marseilles Cathedral, the only cathedral erected in France in the nineteenth century; Duc's Palais de justice on the Ile de la Cité, one of the centerpieces of Haussmann's Paris; and Labrouste's Bibliothèque Nationale, widely regarded as the most conceptu ally innovative work of this generation. Designing Paris discusses the professional, political, and cultural contexts of these great public monuments and examines their relation to the works of such figures as Charles Gamier and Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.

Designing Paris explores the revolution in French architecture that began around 1830 under the leadership of Félix Duban, Henri Labrouste, Louis Duc, and Léon Vaudoyer. It shows how these four architects dominated their profession during the Monarchy of July and the Second Empire of Napoleon III, producing works of elasticity and brilliance not often associated with modern notions of the French Classical tradition, works in which they sought simultaneously to trace the historical evolution of architecture and to explore rational innovations in structure. This reconciliation of historicism and rationalism, Van Zanten observes, bore fruit in the design and construction of public monuments of great individuality, subtlety, and complexity. These became the generative elements of the city of Paris itself as it was transformed during the middle of the nineteenth century, giving rise to the "Beaux-Arts" system of training and design that spread from Paris to the world at large, and to the professional definition of the architect as a public servant. The buildings from the years of the Monarchy 6 of July (1830-1848) that are discussed and illustrated in detail are Duban's designs for the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Labrouste's Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, and Vaudoyer's Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers. Three of the monuments that were erected during the Second Empire of Napoleon III (who was overthrown in 1870) are the subject of the book's final chapters: Vaudoyer's Marseilles Cathedral, the only cathedral erected in France in the nineteenth century; Duc's Palais de justice on the Ile de la Cité, one of the centerpieces of Haussmann's Paris; and Labrouste's Bibliothèque Nationale, widely regarded as the most conceptu ally innovative work of this generation. Designing Paris discusses the professional, political, and cultural contexts of these great public monuments and examines their relation to the works of such figures as Charles Gamier and Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.

Chambers, Sir William (1726-1796) Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew in Surry, the seat of her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. by William Chambers, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence, and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris, architect to the King, and to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.  London, Printed by J. Haberkorn, in Grafton Street, St. Anne’s Soho; Published for the Author, And to be had at his House in Poland Street; Likewise of A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket, all in the Strand; of R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; R. Sayer in Fleet-Street, A. Webley in Holborn, J. Walter at Charing-Cross, and Dorothy Mercier at the Golden Ball, Windmill Street, Golden Square. 1763. Folio. 40 full-page engraved and etched plates. Three double-page engraved plates. Contemporary Russia leather with gilt borders on covers; spine gilt; marbled edges. Spine height: 21 ¼ inches. Bookplate: “Sr. Jacob Astley Bart: of Melton Constable in Norfolk.”  “3:10” is inscribed on front paste-down. Original held by the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, Virginia. This resource is in the public domain and may be used without restriction, however, attribution is customary and requested.

Chambers, Sir William (1726-1796) Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew in Surry, the seat of her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. by William Chambers, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence, and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris, architect to the King, and to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.  London, Printed by J. Haberkorn, in Grafton Street, St. Anne’s Soho; Published for the Author, And to be had at his House in Poland Street; Likewise of A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket, all in the Strand; of R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; R. Sayer in Fleet-Street, A. Webley in Holborn, J. Walter at Charing-Cross, and Dorothy Mercier at the Golden Ball, Windmill Street, Golden Square. 1763. Folio. 40 full-page engraved and etched plates. Three double-page engraved plates. Contemporary Russia leather with gilt borders on covers; spine gilt; marbled edges. Spine height: 21 ¼ inches. Bookplate: “Sr. Jacob Astley Bart: of Melton Constable in Norfolk.”  “3:10” is inscribed on front paste-down. Original held by the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, Virginia. This resource is in the public domain and may be used without restriction, however, attribution is customary and requested.

Chambers, Sir William (1726-1796) Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew in Surry, the seat of her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. by William Chambers, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence, and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris, architect to the King, and to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.  London, Printed by J. Haberkorn, in Grafton Street, St. Anne’s Soho; Published for the Author, And to be had at his House in Poland Street; Likewise of A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket, all in the Strand; of R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; R. Sayer in Fleet-Street, A. Webley in Holborn, J. Walter at Charing-Cross, and Dorothy Mercier at the Golden Ball, Windmill Street, Golden Square. 1763. Folio. 40 full-page engraved and etched plates. Three double-page engraved plates. Contemporary Russia leather with gilt borders on covers; spine gilt; marbled edges. Spine height: 21 ¼ inches. Bookplate: “Sr. Jacob Astley Bart: of Melton Constable in Norfolk.”  “3:10” is inscribed on front paste-down. Original held by the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, Virginia. This resource is in the public domain and may be used without restriction, however, attribution is customary and requested.

Chambers, Sir William (1726-1796) Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew in Surry, the seat of her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. by William Chambers, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence, and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris, architect to the King, and to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.  London, Printed by J. Haberkorn, in Grafton Street, St. Anne’s Soho; Published for the Author, And to be had at his House in Poland Street; Likewise of A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket, all in the Strand; of R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; R. Sayer in Fleet-Street, A. Webley in Holborn, J. Walter at Charing-Cross, and Dorothy Mercier at the Golden Ball, Windmill Street, Golden Square. 1763. Folio. 40 full-page engraved and etched plates. Three double-page engraved plates. Contemporary Russia leather with gilt borders on covers; spine gilt; marbled edges. Spine height: 21 ¼ inches. Bookplate: “Sr. Jacob Astley Bart: of Melton Constable in Norfolk.”  “3:10” is inscribed on front paste-down. Original held by the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, Virginia. This resource is in the public domain and may be used without restriction, however, attribution is customary and requested.

Chambers, Sir William (1726-1796) Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew in Surry, the seat of her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. by William Chambers, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence, and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris, architect to the King, and to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.  London, Printed by J. Haberkorn, in Grafton Street, St. Anne’s Soho; Published for the Author, And to be had at his House in Poland Street; Likewise of A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket, all in the Strand; of R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; R. Sayer in Fleet-Street, A. Webley in Holborn, J. Walter at Charing-Cross, and Dorothy Mercier at the Golden Ball, Windmill Street, Golden Square. 1763. Folio. 40 full-page engraved and etched plates. Three double-page engraved plates. Contemporary Russia leather with gilt borders on covers; spine gilt; marbled edges. Spine height: 21 ¼ inches. Bookplate: “Sr. Jacob Astley Bart: of Melton Constable in Norfolk.”  “3:10” is inscribed on front paste-down. Original held by the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, Virginia. This resource is in the public domain and may be used without restriction, however, attribution is customary and requested.

Chambers, Sir William (1726-1796) Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew in Surry, the seat of her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. by William Chambers, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence, and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris, architect to the King, and to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.  London, Printed by J. Haberkorn, in Grafton Street, St. Anne’s Soho; Published for the Author, And to be had at his House in Poland Street; Likewise of A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket, all in the Strand; of R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; R. Sayer in Fleet-Street, A. Webley in Holborn, J. Walter at Charing-Cross, and Dorothy Mercier at the Golden Ball, Windmill Street, Golden Square. 1763. Folio. 40 full-page engraved and etched plates. Three double-page engraved plates. Contemporary Russia leather with gilt borders on covers; spine gilt; marbled edges. Spine height: 21 ¼ inches. Bookplate: “Sr. Jacob Astley Bart: of Melton Constable in Norfolk.”  “3:10” is inscribed on front paste-down. Original held by the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, Virginia. This resource is in the public domain and may be used without restriction, however, attribution is customary and requested.

Chambers, Sir William (1726-1796) Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew in Surry, the seat of her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. by William Chambers, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence, and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris, architect to the King, and to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.  London, Printed by J. Haberkorn, in Grafton Street, St. Anne’s Soho; Published for the Author, And to be had at his House in Poland Street; Likewise of A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket, all in the Strand; of R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; R. Sayer in Fleet-Street, A. Webley in Holborn, J. Walter at Charing-Cross, and Dorothy Mercier at the Golden Ball, Windmill Street, Golden Square. 1763. Folio. 40 full-page engraved and etched plates. Three double-page engraved plates. Contemporary Russia leather with gilt borders on covers; spine gilt; marbled edges. Spine height: 21 ¼ inches. Bookplate: “Sr. Jacob Astley Bart: of Melton Constable in Norfolk.”  “3:10” is inscribed on front paste-down. Original held by the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, Virginia. This resource is in the public domain and may be used without restriction, however, attribution is customary and requested.

Chambers, Sir William (1726-1796) Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew in Surry, the seat of her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. by William Chambers, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence, and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris, architect to the King, and to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.  London, Printed by J. Haberkorn, in Grafton Street, St. Anne’s Soho; Published for the Author, And to be had at his House in Poland Street; Likewise of A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket, all in the Strand; of R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; R. Sayer in Fleet-Street, A. Webley in Holborn, J. Walter at Charing-Cross, and Dorothy Mercier at the Golden Ball, Windmill Street, Golden Square. 1763. Folio. 40 full-page engraved and etched plates. Three double-page engraved plates. Contemporary Russia leather with gilt borders on covers; spine gilt; marbled edges. Spine height: 21 ¼ inches. Bookplate: “Sr. Jacob Astley Bart: of Melton Constable in Norfolk.”  “3:10” is inscribed on front paste-down. Original held by the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, Virginia. This resource is in the public domain and may be used without restriction, however, attribution is customary and requested.

Chambers, Sir William (1726-1796) Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew in Surry, the seat of her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. by William Chambers, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence, and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris, architect to the King, and to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.  London, Printed by J. Haberkorn, in Grafton Street, St. Anne’s Soho; Published for the Author, And to be had at his House in Poland Street; Likewise of A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket, all in the Strand; of R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; R. Sayer in Fleet-Street, A. Webley in Holborn, J. Walter at Charing-Cross, and Dorothy Mercier at the Golden Ball, Windmill Street, Golden Square. 1763. Folio. 40 full-page engraved and etched plates. Three double-page engraved plates. Contemporary Russia leather with gilt borders on covers; spine gilt; marbled edges. Spine height: 21 ¼ inches. Bookplate: “Sr. Jacob Astley Bart: of Melton Constable in Norfolk.”  “3:10” is inscribed on front paste-down. Original held by the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, Virginia. This resource is in the public domain and may be used without restriction, however, attribution is customary and requested.

Chambers, Sir William (1726-1796) Plans, elevations, sections, and perspective views of the gardens and buildings at Kew in Surry, the seat of her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales. by William Chambers, member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence, and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris, architect to the King, and to her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales.  London, Printed by J. Haberkorn, in Grafton Street, St. Anne’s Soho; Published for the Author, And to be had at his House in Poland Street; Likewise of A. Millar, D. Wilson, and T. Becket, all in the Strand; of R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; R. Sayer in Fleet-Street, A. Webley in Holborn, J. Walter at Charing-Cross, and Dorothy Mercier at the Golden Ball, Windmill Street, Golden Square. 1763. Folio. 40 full-page engraved and etched plates. Three double-page engraved plates. Contemporary Russia leather with gilt borders on covers; spine gilt; marbled edges. Spine height: 21 ¼ inches. Bookplate: “Sr. Jacob Astley Bart: of Melton Constable in Norfolk.”  “3:10” is inscribed on front paste-down. Original held by the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, Virginia. This resource is in the public domain and may be used without restriction, however, attribution is customary and requested.

To be seen, at the Great Room, Exeter Change, from ten in the morning till six in the evening. The model of the city and suburbs of Paris. This admirable specimen of architecture and ingenuity ... engaged the talents and application of the late celebrated M. Lequoy, architect to Lewis the XVth. for twenty-two years, ... 1777.. Digitized from IA40310409-07 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_thomas-crosby-and-john-r_thomas-crosby-and-john-r_1740 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_to-the-booksellers-of-lo_1781 .

To be seen, at the Great Room, Exeter Change, from ten in the morning till six in the evening. The model of the city and suburbs of Paris. This admirable specimen of architecture and ingenuity ... engaged the talents and application of the late celebrated M. Lequoy, architect to Lewis the XVth. for twenty-two years, ... 1777.. Digitized from IA40310409-07 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_thomas-crosby-and-john-r_thomas-crosby-and-john-r_1740 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_to-the-booksellers-of-lo_1781 .

To be seen, at the Great Room, Exeter Change, from ten in the morning till six in the evening. The model of the city and suburbs of Paris. This admirable specimen of architecture and ingenuity ... engaged the talents and application of the late celebrated M. Lequoy, architect to Lewis the XVth. for twenty-two years, ... 1777.. Digitized from IA40310409-07 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_thomas-crosby-and-john-r_thomas-crosby-and-john-r_1740 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_to-the-booksellers-of-lo_1781 .

Bibliotheca selectissima; or, a catalogue of scarce and valuable books Greek, Latin, Italian and French of the best editions, ... in Spanish, ... many ... relating to painting, sculpture, and architecture. ... several fine manuscripts ... collected beyond sea, chiefly out of Bulteau's library at Paris, and Vander Marck's at the Hague, by Mr. Grame. ... The sale will begin on Wednesday the 8th of July, 1713, in the little Piazza, Covent-Garden, ... 1713.. Digitized from IA40313311-85 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-catalogue-of-books-to_1755 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-catalogue-of-the-libra_montagu-r-richard_1733 .

Bibliotheca selectissima; or, a catalogue of scarce and valuable books Greek, Latin, Italian and French of the best editions, ... in Spanish, ... many ... relating to painting, sculpture, and architecture. ... several fine manuscripts ... collected beyond sea, chiefly out of Bulteau's library at Paris, and Vander Marck's at the Hague, by Mr. Grame. ... The sale will begin on Wednesday the 8th of July, 1713, in the little Piazza, Covent-Garden, ... 1713.. Digitized from IA40313311-85 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-catalogue-of-books-to_1755 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-catalogue-of-the-libra_montagu-r-richard_1733 .

Bibliotheca selectissima; or, a catalogue of scarce and valuable books Greek, Latin, Italian and French of the best editions, ... in Spanish, ... many ... relating to painting, sculpture, and architecture. ... several fine manuscripts ... collected beyond sea, chiefly out of Bulteau's library at Paris, and Vander Marck's at the Hague, by Mr. Grame. ... The sale will begin on Wednesday the 8th of July, 1713, in the little Piazza, Covent-Garden, ... 1713.. Digitized from IA40313311-85 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-catalogue-of-books-to_1755 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-catalogue-of-the-libra_montagu-r-richard_1733 .

Bibliotheca selectissima; or, a catalogue of scarce and valuable books Greek, Latin, Italian and French of the best editions, ... in Spanish, ... many ... relating to painting, sculpture, and architecture. ... several fine manuscripts ... collected beyond sea, chiefly out of Bulteau's library at Paris, and Vander Marck's at the Hague, by Mr. Grame. ... The sale will begin on Wednesday the 8th of July, 1713, in the little Piazza, Covent-Garden, ... 1713.. Digitized from IA40313311-85 . Previous issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-catalogue-of-books-to_1755 . Next issue: bim_eighteenth-century_a-catalogue-of-the-libra_montagu-r-richard_1733 .