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Paris in old and present times (1885)

Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · Boston, Roberts brothers · leaf 92

An illustration from Paris in old and present times, 1885, leaf 92
ted as unhealthy). Few bridges havebeen more unlucky than the Pont St. Michel. Inthe fifteenth century it was carried away by a pack of 1 In this view we are looking dow7t the river from the Quai desOrfevres. 2 This assertion is founded on strict measurement. In reality the semi-circular… … THE MORGUE IN 1840. A Voyage round the Island. 53 moving ice. It was again carried away in the middle ofthe sixteenth century, and destroyed again in the seven-teenth. The next structure was of stone, with houses;the present one was built by that true pontifex maximns,Napoleon III. Close to the…

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