Set of over 125 large stereoscopic plates showing Paris and the surrounding area, including the Tuileries Palace, before and after the Commune of 1871. Second Empire period. Architecture, town planning, some animated scenes. Beautiful documents (Vendôme column, baths of the Samaritaine, suspended bridge of Bercy, Departure of the boat of St Cloud, Bath of horses at the foot of the bridge of Concorde...) some rare damaged plates. In wooden case.