Collectif - Paris illustré - 1883-1884

Ludovic Baschet, Paris. Large format, 45 x 33 cm, approximately 250 pp. Hardcover, half-leather binding with leather corners. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering, date, and tooling. Good condition, with small losses to the paper on the covers; a few gatherings are shifted but remain firmly attached to the binding. With numerous black-and-white and color illustrations, in and outside the text, full-page and double-page. Opening run, from issue no. 1, May 1883, to issue no. 24, January 1885. Missing the January 1884 issue. Including, among other things: Amsterdam Exhibition – in Ischia – in Tonkin – Nice Exhibition – Paris in Winter – Carnival – horse races – fairs – the French Army – balloons and aerial navigation.

Estimate:£0.83

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