This handsomely illustrated picture book provides a remarkable glimpse of the Paris Jefferson knew--Paris on the eve of the French Revolution. The houses, gardens, bookshops, and landmarks of the time are brought to life through commentary and drawings, paintings, and maps. Originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the lates "Literate, charming, and ... brilliantly well-informed, the book is surely an essential acquisition for the library of the Jefferson or eighteenth-century Paris enthusiast."