Neurdin (3 results)

27,2 x 35 cm oblong - n.p. - demi cuir à coins, 5 faux nerfs, 5 fleurons estampées sur le dos, LE PANORAMA estampé en or sur le dos et le premier plat, tache sur le premier plat, sur le premier plat 2 photos et sur de deuxième plat une photo collées, reliure d'éd. - reproduction de 400 photos en n/bl - édité aussi en livraisons (25) mais ici les photos sont groupées par pays ou région - photo sur demande.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A charming, and vanishingly scarce photobook, sold as a memento of the World Fair in Paris 1878. A lovely and very scarce copy of this Victorian-era photobook, with full gilt page edges.Bound in original blue variant cloth, with enchanting gilt motif to the front board, depicting the centre of the exhibition: the Palais du Trocadero, and its surrounding grounds.Contains 11 plates of photographs credited to 'Neurdein' - a name belonging to a pair of photographer brothers with a studio in Paris. The National Portrait Gallery currently holds several of their photographs in addition to their illustrations and portraits.The World Fair, or l'Exposition Universelle, of 1878 was held shortly following the Franco-Prussian war, which had ended in 1871, and aimed to celebrate France's recovery.The largest World Fair ever to be presented at the time, Paris displayed a great number of artistic and technological achievements, from a variety of nations, including the completed head of the Statue of Liberty, an impressive sight, which helped to raise funds for the completion of the statue, which would be gifted to the city of New York in 1886. Bound in original blue cloth. Externally, slight damp staining to rear board, otherwise very smart. The odd, slight marks to boards. Bumping to spine tips, head and tail. Sticker to front paste down 'Maison Martinet' - a French photography studio and publisher. Internally, generally firmly bound, occasional weaknesses. Hinges show potential for weakness. Plates 4 and 7 slightly weak. Pages generally bright and clean, occasional age toning, and the odd spot. Very Good. book.

Edité par Paris s.é.é [Imprimerie G. Lang] 1938, 385x290mm, 86p., nombreuses planches photographique reproduites en héliogravure par Laure Albin-Guillot, Neurdin, Giraudon, Bulloz, Roubier, Baranger, Verger, Schall, broché sous couverture muette, étui à rabats de l'éditeur avec un coq et les initiales RF en rouge en couverture. (104261) Ouvrage édité par le gouvernement français à l'occasion de la visite en France de leurs majestés britanniques le roi Georges VI et la reine Elisabeth.Exemplaire 897 d'un tirage total de 1000. Très bel état du livre, étui complet mais sali.