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2003 Louis Vuitton City Guide Vienna Prague Krakow Istanbul Athens

City Guide · Vienna, Prague, Kraków, Istanbul, Athens · 2003
The 2003 Louis Vuitton City Guide, Volume VIII: Vienna, Prague, Kraków, Istanbul and Athens, in English, illustrated by Rubén Toledo.
Details
Publisher Louis Vuitton Malletier
Year 2003
Volume VIII
Destinations Vienna, Prague, Kraków, Istanbul, Athens
Illustrator Rubén Toledo
Language English
Provenance Private Collection
Condition Very good, never used
PERIOD
2003
PROVENANCE
Louis Vuitton Malletier, 2003. Volume VIII. Private Collection.
DESCRIPTION
Volume VIII of the 2003 Louis Vuitton City Guide collection, published by Louis Vuitton Malletier in English and illustrated by Rubén Toledo, covering five cities: Vienna, Prague, Kraków, Istanbul and Athens.

The selection moves from the imperial architecture and coffee houses of Vienna and the Gothic, Baroque and Art Nouveau streets of Prague to Kraków's medieval market square, Istanbul's Byzantine and Ottoman landmarks between Europe and Asia, and the classical sites of Athens. Read today, it records these cities as they were at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Louis Vuitton has published its City Guides since 1998, written by independent authors rather than by the house itself. This copy has never been used and is in very good condition.
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CONDITION Very Good, Never Used
Never used. Very good condition. Please refer to the photographs for a complete record.
Original Louis Vuitton Edition2003Volume VIIIIllustrated by Rubén Toledo
Vienna to Athens, 2003
The Archivary - Italian Curation

From Habsburg Vienna to classical Athens: five cities of Central and South-Eastern Europe, as Louis Vuitton's City Guide saw them in 2003.

The Object and Its Moment
Volume VIII

This is Volume VIII of the 2003 Louis Vuitton City Guide collection, published by Louis Vuitton Malletier in English and illustrated by Rubén Toledo. It brings together Vienna, Prague, Kraków, Istanbul and Athens.

Five cities, one volume.

The Fashion Landscape
A House of Travel

Louis Vuitton began as a trunk maker in Paris in 1854, and travel has remained central to the house. In 1998 it extended that idea to the page with its City Guides, written by independent journalists and authors rather than by the house itself.

The Wider Culture
Empires and Antiquity

The five cities span imperial Vienna, Central European Prague and Kraków, Istanbul between Europe and Asia, and classical Athens. Together they trace Habsburg, Ottoman and ancient Greek heritage in a single volume.

Reading the Object
Rubén Toledo

The illustrations are by Rubén Toledo, the New York-based artist and fashion illustrator, giving the volume a graphic character beyond that of an ordinary travel book.

A travel book with an illustrator's eye.

Why It Matters Now
Cities of the 2000s

Many of the addresses recorded in 2003 have since changed. The guide is collected as travel and fashion ephemera and serves anyone researching these cities in the early 2000s.

MARKET DEMAND
2003
Louis Vuitton City Guides
RARITY
Collectible
Early City Guide edition
ORIGIN
France
Louis Vuitton Malletier, Paris
HOUSE ERA
City Guides
Published since 1998
Demand
Fashion Publishing

Louis Vuitton publications are collected alongside fashion books and travel ephemera.

Supply
Early Editions

Guides were used and replaced by newer editions, so early copies are fewer.

Context
The 2000s

Interest in the style and culture of the early 2000s continues to grow.

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Price
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