May 15, 2003 - Sale 1971

Sale 1971 - Lot 197

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(WORLD'S FAIR.) Album de la Exposicion 1889, vols. I & II. Together, 2 volumes. Each illustrated with 50 reproductions of photographs of the World's Fair exposition of 1889, in Paris, consisting of architectural interiors and exteriors imported from all over the world, including the central dome, the pavillions of Bolivia, India, Argentina, Japan, and more. Elephant folios, gilt-stamped cloth, age darkened, stained, and rubbed, corners bumped and torn; Vol. I has a worm hole in the top left corner of the first 10 pages, not affecting images; light foxing, not affecting images. Np, 1889