MAQUET, Auguste. Paris under Louis XIV: monuments and views. Published in Paris by Laplace and Sanchez et Cie in 1883. In-4 format. Publisher's full red percaline, gilt column motif and titling on smooth spine, first plate cold-stamped and decorated with a black and gilt composition featuring two angels supporting a medallion with a portrait of Louis XIV, arms and fleur-de-lys, cold decoration on the second, gilt edges. Contemporary binding. III-346 pages, 1 follet-engraved portrait-frontispiece of Louis XIV, numerous B&W illustrations in and out of text, including several follet-engraved portraits, title vignette, headbands, lettering and endpapers. Slight sunning of spine, minor rubbing to covers, spines and corners. Scattered foxing. First edition of this collection of eruditely written histories of every monument and building in Paris from 1638 to 1715, from the first quarter of the Cité to the twentieth quarter of Saint Germain Des Prés. There is a map of the relevant district in the vignette of each chapter and a general map of Paris under Louis XIV. Superb decorative binding for this fascinating history of Paris under Louis XIV.