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  • Another image of Inondations de Janvier 1910. Paris et ses environs. by [GREAT FLOOD OF 1910.]
  • Another image of Inondations de Janvier 1910. Paris et ses environs. by [GREAT FLOOD OF 1910.]
  • Another image of Inondations de Janvier 1910. Paris et ses environs. by [GREAT FLOOD OF 1910.]
  • Another image of Inondations de Janvier 1910. Paris et ses environs. by [GREAT FLOOD OF 1910.]
  • Another image of Inondations de Janvier 1910. Paris et ses environs. by [GREAT FLOOD OF 1910.]
  • Another image of Inondations de Janvier 1910. Paris et ses environs. by [GREAT FLOOD OF 1910.]

~ Inondations de Janvier 1910. Paris et ses environs. Paris: A. Taride, [1910].

6 numbers (complete), oblong folio (242 × 321 mm), each pp. [16]; original printed wrappers, spotted and slightly sunned in places, a few short tears.

A fascinating photographic record of the Great Flood of 1910, in which the waters of the Seine rose by over 25 feet, flooding large parts of the of the centre of the city. Thousands of Parisians were evacuated from their homes but, amazingly, no deaths were reported. The present series also documents the effect on the city’s suburbs and surrounding towns.

Keywords: French, history, illustrated
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