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(Paris, 6 volumes). The Illustrated 1867 World’s Fair, autho…
See original version (French)
53
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(Paris, 6 volumes). The Illustrated 1867 World’s Fair, autho…
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
(Paris, 6 volumes). The Illustrated 1867 World’s Fair, authorised by the Imperial Commission. 60 instalments, 976 pages, half text, half engravings. Editor: Ducuing. Two folio volumes (38x28 cm), red half-calf (scuffed and stained on covers). Wonders of the 1867 Universal Exhibition by Jules Mesnard. Arts and Industry. Paris, Imprimerie générale de Lahure, 1867; two parts in one folio volume (36x29 cm), burgundy half-shagreen. Illustrated 1878 World’s Fair. 87 woodcuts (some foxing), including a large panoramic fold-out plate. Descriptive text by Vandières. Paris: Calmann Levy, bookseller and publisher; folio (45x31 cm), red percaline (slightly rubbed), decorated with a large gilt-metal frame, the coat of arms of the City of Paris and commemorative coins. Bound by Engel. Another copy (rubbed, soiled, panoramic plate with a section detached at a fold). The Paris Exhibition (1878), written by A. Bitard, with the collaboration of specialist writers, an edition enriched with views, scenes, reproductions of works of art, machines, drawings and engravings. Paris, Librairie Illustrée et Dreyfous, 1878; folio (38x29 cm), half black shagreen. 320 pages, including a large fold-out panoramic plate. History of Exhibitions and Fine Arts by A. Bitard, with engravings in the text. Rouen, Mégard et Cie, 1884; quarto (30x21 cm), half shagreen with red percaline covers (gold-stamped with an honorary prize on the front cover), decorated spine, gilt edges. Frontispiece, 384 pages.
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