Download or read book Paris Mansions and Apartments, 1893 written by Pierre Gelis-Didot and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected from a very rare portfolio, this collection of exquisitely detailed drawings features 100 plates depicting 50 buildings in the lavish, heavily ornamented style of Beaux-Arts Classicism. Full-page engravings of facades are accompanied by facing pages with floor plans and finely rendered images of doors, windows, balconies, columns, cornices, and other architectural details.