Galerie Contemporaine, Littéraire, Artistique, Paris: Ludovic Baschet, 1876-1879

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NADAR, CARJAT, ADAM-SALOMON, PETIT AND OTHERS
Galerie Contemporaine, Littéraire, Artistique, Paris: Ludovic Baschet, 1876-1879
8 volumes. 175 Woodburytype print portraits and additional art reproductions, 103 approximately 8½ x 6½ in. (21.6 x 16.5 cm.) and 72 approximately 4¾ x 3¼ in. (12 x 8.2 cm.). Mounted one-per-page, the larger portraits with printed titles, credits and dates, each with printed title, half title, half red leather, titled in gilt on the spine, large 4°. (8)

Literature

See: Goldschmidt and Naef, The Truthful Lens, p. 200; Roosens & Salu, no. 8767.

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Lot Essay

This mammoth series of portraits continued in publication until 1884. It is described in The Truthful Lens as including a pantheon of France's worthies in art, literature, music, politics and science, photographed by well known photographers in Paris. The sitters in these eight volumes include Manet, Maillet, Hugo, Mac-Mahon, George Sand, Sarah Bernhardt, Zola, Rossini, Verdi, Baudelaire, Dumas, Jules Verne and many others.

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