Paris incendié, 1871: Album historique
Bound volume
Unidentified
Maker
Paris incendié, 1871: Album historique
1871
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall: 12 5/16 × 17 5/16 × 1 3/16 in. (31.2 × 44 × 3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionContains twenty albumen silver prints depicting the Paris monuments and streets destroyed duiring the Commune of May 1871. The volume includes a history of the uprising by H. de Bleignerie and notes on the damage by Edouard Dangin. Bound in brown tooled leather, with gilt decorations, gilt edges, and white moiré endpapers.
Inscriptions Stamped in gilt, front cover, C: ALBUM HISTORIQUE \ PARIS INCENDIÉ \ 1871
Stamped in gilt, spine, TC: ALBUM \ HISTORIQUE \ PARIS \ INCENDIÉ \ 1871
Inscribed in black ink, white label applied to spine, BC: 05.1 \ 1871
Printed in gilt, white advertisment label applied to front pastedown, TLC: ADOLPHE LEGOUPY. \ MARCHAND D'ESTAMPES \ 5, Boult. de la Madeleine \ PARIS [album maker]
Inscribed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied to front pastedown, TL: Collection \ G. Cromer
Printed in black ink, white label applied to front pastedown, TL: LIBRARY \ OF THE \ GEORGE EASTMAN \ HOUSE \ H 2-1 [alphanumerical typed in black ink]
Printed in black ink, half-title recto, C: PARIS INCENDIÉ
Printed in black ink, half-title verso, C: PARIS. - IMPRIMERIE PAUL DUPONT, RUE JEAN-JACQUES-ROUSSEAU, 41.
Printed in black ink, title-page, recto, C: PARIS INCENDIÉ \ 1871 \ --- \ ALBUM HISTORIQUE \ CONTENANT: \ I. - HISTORIQUE, par H. de Bleignerie; \ II. - NOTICE SUR LES MONUMENTS ET LES RUES INCENDIÉS [sic], par E. Dangin: \ III. - VINGT PHOTOGRAPHIES ARTISTIQUES DES PLUS REMARQUABLES RUINES DE PARIS. \ --- \ PARIS \ A LA DIRECTION DE L'ALBUM, CHEZ M.A. JARRY, 27, RUE RADZIWILLE, \ A LA LOTERIE NATIONALE POUR LES BLESSÉS, RUE GLUCK, AU NOUVEL OPÉRA.
Stamped in black ink, title-page, recto, BC: EASTMAN HISTORICAL \ PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION \ Cromer Collection \ B-114 [alphanumerical inscribed in pencil]
Inscribed in pencil, title-page, recto, BC: 1871?
Stamped in red ink, on title-page and on Historique page 1, BR: IMP/GEH
Stamped in gilt, spine, TC: ALBUM \ HISTORIQUE \ PARIS \ INCENDIÉ \ 1871
Inscribed in black ink, white label applied to spine, BC: 05.1 \ 1871
Printed in gilt, white advertisment label applied to front pastedown, TLC: ADOLPHE LEGOUPY. \ MARCHAND D'ESTAMPES \ 5, Boult. de la Madeleine \ PARIS [album maker]
Inscribed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied to front pastedown, TL: Collection \ G. Cromer
Printed in black ink, white label applied to front pastedown, TL: LIBRARY \ OF THE \ GEORGE EASTMAN \ HOUSE \ H 2-1 [alphanumerical typed in black ink]
Printed in black ink, half-title recto, C: PARIS INCENDIÉ
Printed in black ink, half-title verso, C: PARIS. - IMPRIMERIE PAUL DUPONT, RUE JEAN-JACQUES-ROUSSEAU, 41.
Printed in black ink, title-page, recto, C: PARIS INCENDIÉ \ 1871 \ --- \ ALBUM HISTORIQUE \ CONTENANT: \ I. - HISTORIQUE, par H. de Bleignerie; \ II. - NOTICE SUR LES MONUMENTS ET LES RUES INCENDIÉS [sic], par E. Dangin: \ III. - VINGT PHOTOGRAPHIES ARTISTIQUES DES PLUS REMARQUABLES RUINES DE PARIS. \ --- \ PARIS \ A LA DIRECTION DE L'ALBUM, CHEZ M.A. JARRY, 27, RUE RADZIWILLE, \ A LA LOTERIE NATIONALE POUR LES BLESSÉS, RUE GLUCK, AU NOUVEL OPÉRA.
Stamped in black ink, title-page, recto, BC: EASTMAN HISTORICAL \ PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION \ Cromer Collection \ B-114 [alphanumerical inscribed in pencil]
Inscribed in pencil, title-page, recto, BC: 1871?
Stamped in red ink, on title-page and on Historique page 1, BR: IMP/GEH
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