Le Tour de Marne Décrit et Photographié par Émile de la Bédollière et Ildefonse Rousset
Bound volume
Le Tour de Marne Décrit et Photographié par Émile de la Bédollière et Ildefonse Rousset
1865
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 12 1/8 × 9 13/16 × 1 3/16 in. (30.8 × 25 × 3 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1950.0006.0016
DescriptionPhotographically illustrated book containing 30 albumen silver prints and a map. Published by A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven et cie Librairie Internationale. Cover is blue with debossed gold lettering, illustration, and decorative elements.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on spine, T: LE \ TOUR \ DE \ MARNE
Debossed in gold on cover, T: LE \ TOUR DE MARNE
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on front endsheet, R: The \ Finest Illustrated \ By photographs \ Book I have \ ever seen \ Boyer 12/48 \ Paid $40 \ to Dr Weil \ who found \ this in Paris \ & paid high \ so he said & \ I believe it. \ B
Inscribed in red pencil on title page, BC: 1865
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on back endsheet, TR: Dr Weil London \ 12/1948 I [circled] I Σ.RY \ ($40) \ Boyer
Inscribed in pencil on back endsheet, TR: 31 \ 27 + 1 + 31
Debossed in gold on cover, T: LE \ TOUR DE MARNE
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on front endsheet, R: The \ Finest Illustrated \ By photographs \ Book I have \ ever seen \ Boyer 12/48 \ Paid $40 \ to Dr Weil \ who found \ this in Paris \ & paid high \ so he said & \ I believe it. \ B
Inscribed in red pencil on title page, BC: 1865
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on back endsheet, TR: Dr Weil London \ 12/1948 I [circled] I Σ.RY \ ($40) \ Boyer
Inscribed in pencil on back endsheet, TR: 31 \ 27 + 1 + 31
