Lot n° 284
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FERRY (Jules). Haussmann's fantastic accounts. Letter addres - Lot 284
FERRY (Jules). Haussmann's fantastic accounts. Letter addressed to the members of the legislative body commission charged with examining the new loan project for the city of Paris. Paris, Armand Le Chevalier, 1868. Large in-8, paperback, modern folder and slipcase.
First edition of this pamphlet by Jules Ferry (1832-1893), which denounces the urbanization policy of the city of Paris under the Second Empire, marked by the gigantic works of Baron Haussmann, which led to an increase in rents, the emigration of the working class to the outskirts and the indebtedness of the capital to the tune of over a billion francs.
Paperback copy, as issued.
Stains on second cover, small paper tears on spine.
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