In Paris, you only have to look up to be seized by the beauty of the city’s monuments, bursting with history and stories to tell. The center of Paris? It’s everywhere. Paris offers no insignificant spaces, no impersonal deserted nowhere. Paris has for centuries seemed calmly indifferent to that globalized, ravenous, giddy form of cannibalism called “urban development.” In fact, even if you know all of the city’s 6,500 streets perfectly, Paris will always remain the capital of roaming around. To drift through Paris, you require no pretext; you simply adopt this town that has long considered itself ideal for the flaneur.
An ode to the City of Light,
Paris by Paris is a true journey through the twentieth century through the lens of history, but also the arts, fashion, culture, and style. Over seven chapters, readers discover the glorious days of the Belle-Epoque, the Roaring Twenties, and the revived intellectual and artistic creativity of the post-war era. They stroll along the grands boulevards, where the beauty of the city’s monuments burst with history and stories to tell, and learn about the city in a way known only to the savviest insiders.
Following Assouline’s best-selling volume
New York by New York,
Paris by Paris features rarely seen photographs, including some of the first-ever photos of the 2024 Olympics published in a book. It is thoughtfully presented in the signature Assouline style to offer a unique celebration to the City of Light. Housed in a luxurious slipcase, this volume is narrated by writers Ariel Wizman and Harold Cobert. It is also accompanied by an insightful foreword by Frédéric Beigbeder and made complete with a timeline of the city’s key moments of the past centuries.
Details: - Hardcover book in a luxury slipcase
- Authors: Ariel Wizman and Harold Cobert
- Foreward by: Frédéric Beigbeder
- 386 pages; over 300 illustrations
- Approx. 14"L x 11"W x 3"D
- Item Weight (Lbs.): 10.0
- Dust with a soft cloth
- Made in Italy
About Assouline
We created this company to be the first luxury brand on culture. We wanted to supply everything for a contemporary library; we started working with top perfumers for scented candles, with Goyard for a book trunk, with Chanel on a quilted leather slipcase, and so on. Now we are expanding the Assouline lifestyle brand in stores in the most important cities of the world. We love and believe in books more than everything else, but we also want to extend our vision to create all that can be expected in a chic and personalized library, from beautiful books and special editions to luxury gift items, unique library accessories, and now a complete turnkey collection of stylish furniture. Our digital world goes faster than ever and nothing remains of it, but books are a solid part of our past and present. They are also beautiful. For us, books are a matter of intellect and emotion; heritage and innovation. Information is not only about today, and the past is a sensational source of inspiration.
-Prosper & Martine Assouline