Adolphe Bitard - L'Exposition de Paris (1878) - 1878
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Adolphe Bitard's L'Exposition de Paris (1878) offers a richly illustrated documentary on the Paris universal exhibition with extensive plates and three-column text.
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Superb edition of this documentary and illustrative work dedicated to the Universal Exposition held on the Champ-de-Mars, which celebrates the industrial, artistic, and colonial modernity of the Third Republic.
This volume presents itself as an accessible and visually rich synthesis of the pavilions, inventions, works of art, foreign delegations, and monumental infrastructures put in place for the exhibition.
Bitard, a journalist and compiler, adopts an enthusiastic and educational tone, describing the machine galleries, colonial exhibitions, decorative arts, technical innovations (electricity, metallurgy, transportation), gardens, shows, and official ceremonies.
Adolphe Bitard - The Paris Exhibition (1878) - 1878 - M. Dreyfous
328 Pages.
Good condition of the binding, book in its original full illustrated cardboard cover, protected by plastic, showing signs of use, rubbed corners and headbands, gilded edges, smooth decorated spine, gilded titling, rich gilded decoration depicting the entrance of the Grand Palais and the Eiffel Tower on the front flat (binding signed A. Souze).
Good interior condition, scattered foxing and some small tears at the edges of certain pages, work enriched with numerous illustrations both within and outside the text, texts in three columns, blue endpapers slightly damaged.
Delivery service guaranteed within a few days.
Superb edition of this documentary and illustrative work dedicated to the Universal Exposition held on the Champ-de-Mars, which celebrates the industrial, artistic, and colonial modernity of the Third Republic.
This volume presents itself as an accessible and visually rich synthesis of the pavilions, inventions, works of art, foreign delegations, and monumental infrastructures put in place for the exhibition.
Bitard, a journalist and compiler, adopts an enthusiastic and educational tone, describing the machine galleries, colonial exhibitions, decorative arts, technical innovations (electricity, metallurgy, transportation), gardens, shows, and official ceremonies.
Adolphe Bitard - The Paris Exhibition (1878) - 1878 - M. Dreyfous
328 Pages.
Good condition of the binding, book in its original full illustrated cardboard cover, protected by plastic, showing signs of use, rubbed corners and headbands, gilded edges, smooth decorated spine, gilded titling, rich gilded decoration depicting the entrance of the Grand Palais and the Eiffel Tower on the front flat (binding signed A. Souze).
Good interior condition, scattered foxing and some small tears at the edges of certain pages, work enriched with numerous illustrations both within and outside the text, texts in three columns, blue endpapers slightly damaged.
Delivery service guaranteed within a few days.
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
Architecture, Art, History, Illustrated, Technology, Travels
Book Title
L'Exposition de Paris (1878)
Author/ Illustrator
Adolphe Bitard
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1878
Height
38 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
29 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
M. Dreyfous
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
328
