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L'Architecture à l'Exposition universelle de 1889. Principales constructions du Champs-de-Mars et de l'Espanade des Invalides. Paris: Librarie de l'Architecture et des Arts Industriels; Eugène Bigot, [1889].
2o. Letterpress title, table and 37 mounted black-and-white photographs (some minor toning and spotting). Contemporary red half morocco (some minor edgewear).
"The Universal Exposition of 1889 (Exposition Universelle de 1889) was a highly successful international exhibition and one of the few world's fairs to make a profit. Its central attraction was the Eiffel Tower, a 300-meter high marvel of iron by Gustave Eiffel. Over eighty other structures on the Champ de Mars housed exhibits, including the impressive 1,452 foot long Galerie des Machines by Ferdinand Dutert. The fair attracted exhibits from Europe, South America, the United States, and the French colonies, yet in the final analysis it was a celebration of French achievements on the centennial of the French Revolution" (Library of Congress).
As with the series at the Library of Congress, these exposition photos may have been the result of an official photographic project, as some images appear in the 10 volume general report from the French Ministry of Commerce. No other copies of this collection appear in auction records for at least 30 years.
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"The Universal Exposition of 1889 (Exposition Universelle de 1889) was a highly successful international exhibition and one of the few world's fairs to make a profit. Its central attraction was the Eiffel Tower, a 300-meter high marvel of iron by Gustave Eiffel. Over eighty other structures on the Champ de Mars housed exhibits, including the impressive 1,452 foot long Galerie des Machines by Ferdinand Dutert. The fair attracted exhibits from Europe, South America, the United States, and the French colonies, yet in the final analysis it was a celebration of French achievements on the centennial of the French Revolution" (Library of Congress).
As with the series at the Library of Congress, these exposition photos may have been the result of an official photographic project, as some images appear in the 10 volume general report from the French Ministry of Commerce. No other copies of this collection appear in auction records for at least 30 years.