LEVY, ALBERTLes Merveilles et les Originalités Architecturales a L'exposition 1900. With 100 beautiful, original cyanotype photographs depicting the ornate pavillions at the Paris Expo. Includes a tipped-in table of contents identifying the different buildings and the architects who designed them. Cyanotypes, 11x9 inches (27.9x22.8 cm.) or the reverse, each is mounted, with a numeric notation in the plate. Folio, 1/2 morocco, worn, lacks backstrip; contents crisp and clean. Paris, 1900
Long before Las Vegas, the world's fair exposition, with its fantastic recreations of Parisian passages and Venetian waterways, was "the ticket." These elaborate public shows, which were staged each decade in major metropolitan areas in Europe and the U.S., successfully transported viewers to popular and exotic locales.
The pictures featured in the album testify to this historical cultural phenomenon and include a Russian village, Chinese gate, commercial German street, palace of women, and much more.
