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[A charming photo album chronicling a family’s trip to the Exposition which marked the height of the Belle Epoque with 28 well-executed albumen photos. These are followed by 21 more of a late summer idyll in Normandy at Arromanches].
by [PARIS EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
[Paris & Arromanches, France: n.p., 1900-1901]. Oblong thick 8vo. 9 x 6.5 x 2 in. [50 leaves (unnumbered).], w/ 50 mounted albumen photos, on thick card stock, hinges at gutter margin, sized 3 x 4.25 in., the Exposition photos w/ negative numbers below, but no captions, Normandy photos captioned. Contemporary green pebbled cloth post-binder, nickel-plated screwposts (minor shelfwear, light scuffing), still VG exemplar. The Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900 introduced marvels which would transform the 20th Century, the Modern Age, featuring diesel engines, talking films, escalators, the first magnetic audio recorder called the telegraphone, and the massive Ferris wheel spread over 543 accres, featuring 83,000 exhibitors. The compiler has included photos of the Porte Monumental, the Pavilion of Nations, the Palace of Decorative Arts, Palace of Costumes & Textiles, The Cambodian Pavilion, the Cambodian pagoda, the Chinese Pavilion, the Palace of Electricity, and many others. The images all retain a strong contrast, and unlike many of the commercial images produced at the time often show wandering patrons, or crowds, or a focus on many of the exceptional Art Nouveau architectural details which ornamented the Exposition. The remainder of the album focuses on a September, 1901 summer holiday trip to the beaches of Arromanches, with scenes of fishing boats pulled up on the sand, views of the headland, birds-eye photo of the commune, and town views. Arromanches would 43 later serve as the site of the Mulberry artificial harbor installations and the Normandy D-Day landings. See: Arthur Chandler, The Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900, Expanded & Revised from World’s Fair Magazine, Vol. VIII, No. 3, 1987 (2021).
Details
- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57674
- Title
- [A charming photo album chronicling a family’s trip to the Exposition which marked the height of the Belle Epoque with 28 well-executed albumen photos. These are followed by 21 more of a late summer idyll in Normandy at Arromanches].
- Author
- [PARIS EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- n.p.,
- Place of Publication
- [Paris & Arromanches, France:
- Date Published
- 1900-1901].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Paris, Photography, Photographs, France, French, Parisian, Albumen Photos, Album, Albums, Paris Exposition Universelle, 1900, Belle Epoque, Art Nouveau, Architecture, 19th-century Imprints, European, Europe, Travel, Illustrated, Eiffel Tower, Cambodia, Ch
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Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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Vancouver, Washington
About Zephyr Used & Rare Books
We are an independent bookseller, established in 1994, who exhibit at numerous book fairs and antique shows throughout the year, including Christine Palmer Antique Expos in Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA, The Rose City Book & Paper Show in Portland, the Custer Antique Show in Spokane, the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, the Sacramento Antiquarian Book Fair, the Pasadena Book & Paper Show, and others. We specialize in 19th-century imprints, Technical Books, History, Children's Literature, and much more. In addition we offer appraisals for insurance and tax purposes.
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