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(PARIS COMMUNE) Album containing 39 photographs relating to the Paris Commune revolt, with city-wide views showing the extent of the destruction caused by two months of artillery bombardments. Includes views of the L'Hotel de Ville, rue de Luxembourg, la colonne Vendome, scenes of the national guard and unidentified areas of decimated Paris, one with a camera in the foreground. Albumen prints, 7x9 1/4 inches (17.7x23.5 cm.), several attributed to C. Tune. Thick folio, morocco highlighted with elaborate thermoplastic crest and design (lacks right side of ornamentation); brass clasp; all edges gilt. Circa 1871
