La Forêt Noire
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Bound volume
La Forêt Noire
1866
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall: 11 7/16 × 9 7/16 × 1 9/16 in. (29 × 24 × 4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionNumber 48 of an edition of 210. Contains twenty-one albumen silver prints by Lalemand and Hart, depicting outdoor scenes of people and places in the Black Forest region of Germany. The photographs accompany texts by various unidentified authors. Bound in blue cloth with gilt title and decorations on the cover and spine, gilt edges, and white moiré endpapers.
Inscriptions Stamped in gilt, spine, TC: LA \ FORÊT \ NOIRE
Inscribed in black ink, white label applied to spine, BC: 05.1 \ 1866
Stamped in gilt, front cover, C: La \ Forêt Noire
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on flyleaf recto, T: Rare ouvrage [underlined] tiré à 210 exemplaires
Printed in black ink [red ink where noted], half-title recto, C: LA \ [red ink] FORÊT NOIRE
Inscribed in black ink (editor's hand), half-title verso, C: 48. \ G. Richard [signature of editor]
Printed in ink, title-page recto, C: LA \ [red ink] FORÊT NOIRE \ ÉTUDES, IMPRESSIONS & VOYAGES \ [RED INK] SUR LES BORDS DU RHIN \ [red ink] PARIS \ LIBRAIRIE DU PETIT JOURNAL \ [red ink] 21, BOULEVARD MONTMARTRE, 21 \ MDCCCLXVI
Stamped in black ink, title-page recto, BC: EASTMAN HISTORICAL \ PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION \ Cromer Collection \ B-178 [alphanumerical inscribed in pencil]
Stamped in red ink, page 3 and 121, BC: IMP/GEH
Inscribed in black ink, white label applied to spine, BC: 05.1 \ 1866
Stamped in gilt, front cover, C: La \ Forêt Noire
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on flyleaf recto, T: Rare ouvrage [underlined] tiré à 210 exemplaires
Printed in black ink [red ink where noted], half-title recto, C: LA \ [red ink] FORÊT NOIRE
Inscribed in black ink (editor's hand), half-title verso, C: 48. \ G. Richard [signature of editor]
Printed in ink, title-page recto, C: LA \ [red ink] FORÊT NOIRE \ ÉTUDES, IMPRESSIONS & VOYAGES \ [RED INK] SUR LES BORDS DU RHIN \ [red ink] PARIS \ LIBRAIRIE DU PETIT JOURNAL \ [red ink] 21, BOULEVARD MONTMARTRE, 21 \ MDCCCLXVI
Stamped in black ink, title-page recto, BC: EASTMAN HISTORICAL \ PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION \ Cromer Collection \ B-178 [alphanumerical inscribed in pencil]
Stamped in red ink, page 3 and 121, BC: IMP/GEH
