Paris: The Collected Traveler

A VINTAGE DEPARTURES ORIGINAL, JULY 2011

Some of the material originally published in the United States as part of Paris by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2000.

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All photos by the author with the exception of those that appear in locations 13.1 and 13.2 (courtesy of Patricia and Walter Wells), 22.1 (courtesy of Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant), 24.1 (courtesy of Quentin Bacon), 30.1 (courtesy of Jack McAuliffe), 43.1 (The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.), bm1.1, bm1.2, and bm1.3 (courtesy of Four Seasons Hotel George V), bm1.4 and bm1.5 (courtesy of Pavillon de la Reine), bm1.6 (courtesy of Hotel Verneuil), bm1.7 (courtesy of Hotel Thérèse), bm1.8 (courtesy of Hotel Récamier), bm1.9, bm1.10, bm1.11 (courtesy of Charles Coffre), bm1.12 (courtesy of Hollins University), bm1.13 (courtesy of Jenny McCormick), and col1.1, fm1.1, p1.1, 1.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, p2.1, 13.3, p3.1, 22.2, 24.2, p5.1, 26.1, 29.1, 29.2, 49.1, 49.2, 49.3, bm1.14, bm1.15, bm1.16, bm1.17, bm1.18 (courtesy of Arlene Lasagna).

“Letter from Paris,” located here, originally appeared in the Winter 1995 issue of the Hollins alumnae magazine and is reprinted with kind permission.

Owing to limitations of space, all acknowledgments to reprint previously published material can be found here.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Paris : the collected traveler / edited by Barrie Kerper.
p. cm.—(Vintage departures)
“An inspired companion guide.”
Includes bibliographical references.
eISBN: 978-0-307-73932-2
1. Paris (France)—Description and travel—Sources. 2. Travelers’ writings. 3. Paris (France)—Social life and customs—Sources. 4. Paris (France)—Guidebooks. 5. Paris (France)—Biography. 6. Interviews—France—Paris. I. Kerper, Barrie.
DC707.P2546 2011
914.4’3610484—dc22
2011013200

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