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[lollardfish]

I need cost-of-living data for mid-19th-century urban France.

Google is failing me.

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[creidylad.livejournal.com]

Hm.... http://www.daumier.org/176.0.html ? It even has a list of prices in francs if you scroll down.

Too bad there's no version of What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew for France. (That I know of)

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I found that one. There's a lack of prices of bread.

[creidylad.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, you should have said you wanted that specifically... though it's not so easy to find. I do find references to rampant inflation (which I suppose I already knew) throughout 19th century French prices, so you might have to get more specific with prices. And you being all multi-lingual, you should probaby do your search in French.

[zinzinzinnia.livejournal.com]

Closest thing, I'd guess, is A History of Private Life, but I don't think it has this particular piece of info.