Panorama of Paris: Selections from "Tableau de Paris"

Mercier's Le Tableau de Paris is a classic that is very difficult to find in English. There are, I think, 12 volumes in the original, so I wouldn't expect all of it to be available right now. It's the first of its kind, a sociological study of a large city, Paris and its life and inhabitants, and it dates from just before the 1789 Revolution. This kind of study was later attempted by other writers, but Mercier remains the first and the best. It should be of interest to all social historians and sociologists.