Duram, NC: Duke University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket; DJ has nicks and minor abuse at spine ends, head edges, and head corners. Short chip at head spine end. Tiny dogear to back flap. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Focuses on the urban history of Paris beginning in the mid-1600s and covers the essential issues of any city: the built environment, circulation, physical security, medicine and health issues, travel, police and the underworld, charities, theater, politics, maintenance, business and trade, entertainment and sport, trades and guilds, etc. A scholarly treatise, yet very readable. Plates and cuts of engravings that illustrate the various topic, all gathered in a single block after the Conclusion. Map. Bibliography, List of References to the Bibliography, Index. Deep mustard-colored linen on boards. Gilt title to spine label. Pastedowns and endpapers illustrated with a drawn aerial view of Paris. No printing or corrections noted, so likely a 1st edition per Duke's vague convention. Absolutely Fine condition in a clean and sound VG DJ. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 326 pages .