Grand hotel : the Golden age of palace hotels : an architectural and social history / introduction, Jean d'Ormesson ; texts, David Watkin, Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Pierre-Jean Rémy, and Frédéric Grendel ; conception & design, Marc Walter ; [translated from the French by Daniel K. Wheeler, Martine Meade, and Murray Wyllie].

Main entry:

Palaces et grands hotels d'Europe. English.

Title & Author:

Publication:

New York ; Paris : Vendome Press, 1984.
New York : Distributed in the U.S.A. by the Viking Press ; [Place of distribution not identified] : Distributed in Canada by Methuen Publications
©1984

Description:

272 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Introduction / Jean d'Ormesson -- The grand hotel style / David Watkin -- A homage to Cesar Ritz / Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd -- Through the looking glass / Frédéric Grendel -- Pomp and circumstance / Pierre-Jean Rémy.
English translation of Palaces et grands hotels d'Europe.

ISBN:

0865650403 hardcover
9780865650404 hardcover

Subject:

Hotels Europe History 19th century.
Hotels Europe History 20th century.
Hôtels Europe Histoire 19e siècle.
Hôtels Europe Histoire 20e siècle.
Hotels
Bildband
Geschichte
Grandhotel
Hotel
Hotelbau
Europe

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Added entries:

Ormesson, Jean d', 1925-2017, writer of introduction.
Watkin, David, 1941-2018, writer of supplementary textual content. .
Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, writer of supplementary textual content.
Grendel, Frédéric, writer of supplementary textual content.
Rémy, Pierre-Jean, 1937-2010, writer of supplementary textual content.

Golden age of palace hotels

Holdings:

Location: Library main 233494
Call No.: NA7850.E85 G7 1984
Status: Available

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