Collectif - L'exposition de Paris de 1900 - 1900

Captivating two-volume illustrated edition of this vast historical, artistic, technical, and documentary presentation of the Universal Exhibition organized in Paris on the occasion of the turn to the 20th century - Presented by Alfred Picard, General Commissioner of the Exhibition, this publication also titled Encyclopaedia of the Century was produced with the collaboration of specialized writers and many artists, in order to preserve the memory of this exceptional international event and to report on the progress achieved in the fields of industry, science, the arts, architecture, and exchanges between nations - The Exposition Universelle of 1900, inaugurated in the spring and open to the public until autumn, transforms the French capital into a vast space of discovery where millions of visitors come to admire the most remarkable achievements of their era - Collective - The Paris Exposition of 1900 - 1900 - Volume II and III - Volume I missing - Approximately 650 Pages (320+320) Good condition of bindings, volumes bound in embossed cloth imitating a leather half-binding with original corner pieces, light wear from use, some minor defects on the covers, speckled edges, spine with raised bands, gilded titles and tomes, cold-stamped fillets on the boards - Good interior condition, browning and damp staining in the margins of the sixty pages of the first volume, fine engraving on the title, text in three columns, volumes enriched with numerous and beautiful engravings in black and in color both within and out of the text, marbled endpapers in good condition, a pleasant copy - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days –

Estimate:£230.01

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