GALANTERIE - "Guide des plaisirs à Paris - Paris... Lot 439

GALANTERIE - "Guide des plaisirs à Paris - Paris le jour, Paris la nuit": "Où l'on s'amuse, comment on s'amuse, ce qu'il faut voir, ce qu'il faut savoir", no publisher's name, but mention "administration 7 rue de Lille à Paris", printed in Corbeil by Ed. Crété, circa 1900, 270 p, (11 x 18 cm, cover faded, inside fresh)140 illustrations "obtained by photography from life", large fold-out map of "pleasures and attractions in Paris(50 x 35 cm) with captions: fascinating tour of Belle-Epoque Paris, featuring bouillons, restaurants, taverns, brasseries and bars; large chapter on theaters, with actresses and actors to see (we recommend attending the Opéra ("it's a charming spectacle, very worldly"), circuses, cafés-concerts and music-halls, balls, with special mention for the famous "Tournée des Grands-Ducs", cabarets, women's brasseries ("a whole harem of haggard, shrivelled girls recruited by a matron, dressed in affriolic costumes"); the underbelly of Paris is described, with the neighborhoods of misery and scoundrels; we learn about omnibuses, taximeters, the metro, tipping customs, meal times, the hours of the great couturiers, skating, aperitifs, etc.; how to dress at all hours; we explain how not to fall for the "tricks" that push people to consume, through bouquetières, toilet attendants, etc.; we give the addresses of the shops and restaurants in Paris.Addresses of fortune-tellers, palmists, somnambulists, masseuses; key slang terms and more.