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177 - Leather-bound volumes by Gruel [1900 WORLD EXHIBITION] 1900 …
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Leather-bound volumes by Gruel [1900 WORLD EXHIBITION] 1900 International World Exhibition. Official General Catalogue. Paris, Lemercier; Lille, Danel, n.d. 20 in-8 volumes: 8 pages of colour plans of the exhibition at the beginning of most volumes. Details: * Retrospective exhibition of French art from its origins to 1800 / * Volume 2: Group II – Works of Art – Classes 7 to 10 / * Volume 3: Group III – General instruments and processes in literature, science and the arts – Classes 11 to 18 / * Volume 4: Group IV – General equipment and processes in mechanics – Classes 19 to 22 / * Volume 5: Group V – Electricity – Classes 23 to 27 / * Volume 6: Group VI – Civil engineering. Means of transport – classes 28 to 34 / * Volume 7: Group VII – Agriculture – classes 35, 37, 39, 40, 41 and 42 / * Volume 8: Group VII – Agriculture (continued) – class 38 / * Volume 9: Group VIII – Horticulture and Arboriculture – Classes 43 to 48 / * Volume 10: Group IX – Forestry – Hunting – Fishing – Gathering – Classes 49 to 54 / * Volume 11: Group X – Food – classes 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61 and 62 / * Volume 12: Group VII – Agriculture (continued) – class 38 - Group X – Foodstuffs (continued) – class 60 / * Volume 13: Group XI – Miscellaneous – Metallurgy – Classes 63 to 65 / * Volume 14: Group 12 – Decoration and furnishings for public buildings and dwellings – classes 66 to 75 / * Volume 15: Group XIII – Yarns, fabrics, clothing – classes 76 to 86 / * Volume 16: Group XIV – Chemical industry – Classes 87 to 91 / * Volume 17: Group XV – Miscellaneous industries – classes 92 to 100 / * Volume 18: Group XVI – Social economy, public health, public welfare – classes 101 to 112 / * Volume 19: Group XVII – Colonisation – classes 113 to 115 / * Volume 20: Group XVIII – Army and Navy – classes 116 to 121. ½ red morocco leather with corners signed GRUEL, ornate ribbed spine, gilded bookbinder’s signature at the foot, gilded fleurons, original publisher’s covers retained, gilded headbands. Some minor scuffing, a few cracked clamps. A fine copy in a signed binding.
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