commonplace book : how I spent my summer vacation

a few snapshots of Paris and a very, very restrained selection of objects seen

Allée Arthur Rimbaud (13e), near the BnF François Mitterand
garden beside the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal (4e)
in the Salle Clemenceau, where the Treaty of Versailles was signed (1919)
self-portrait of Baudelaire, in Poulet-Malassis’ extra-illustrated copy of Souvenirs (1872), Bibl. de l’Institut, ms. Lov. D 655 bis
Padeloup binding (before 1727), Petit Palais, coll. Dutuit, LDUT 544

château de Chantilly
hounds at the château de Chantilly
stag at the château de Chantilly
binding by Capé for the duc d’Aumale
binding by Duru for the duc d’Aumale
bindery stamp, arms of the duc d’Aumale
reader’s chair, in the library of the duc d’Aumale at Chantilly
château de Chantilly