Album photographique d'archéologie religieuse
Bound volume
Hippolyte Malègue
French, b. 1825
Album photographique d'archéologie religieuse
1857
Bound volume with salted paper prints
Overall: 17 1/2 × 12 5/16 × 1 3/16 in. (44.5 × 31.2 × 3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1972.0304.0001-0032
DescriptionAlbum contains thirty two salted paper prints depicting religious artifacts such as crucifixes and sculptures accompanied by text detailing their history and provenance. Brown decorated wrappers with title printed in black ink.
Inscriptions Printed in black ink, front cover, recto, C: ALBUM \ PHOTOGRAPHIQUE \ D'ARCHÉOLOGIE RELIGIEUSE \ PUBLIÉ \ PAR M. Hyppolyte MALÈGUE \ CONDUCTEUR DES PONTS ET CHAUSSÉES \ Sous le patronage de Monseigneur de MORLHON, Evêque du Puy, et d'après le voeu émis \ par le CONGRÈS scientifique de France (XXIIe Session). \ TEXTE PAR M. AYMARD \ ARCHIVISTE DÉPARTEMENTAL \ [7 lines of small print; Aymard's credentials] \ [crest stamp] \ ON SOUSCRIT \ AU PUY \ CHEZ M. HYPPOLYTE MALÈGUE, ÉDITEUR \ RUE RAPHAEL. \ A PARIS \ LIBRAIRIE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE DE M. DIDRON AINÉ \ 23, RUE SAINT-DOMMINIQUE-SAINT-GERMAIN. \ 1857.
Printed in black ink, label applied to front cover, verso, TL: LIBRARY \ OF THE \ GEORGE EASTMAN \ HOUSE \ B 1-1 [alphanumeral typed in black ink]
Printed in black ink, half-title, recto, C: ALBUM \ PHOTOGRAPHIQUE \ D'ARCHÉOLOGIE RELIGIEUSE.
Printed in black ink, half-title, verso, BR: LE PUY, TYP. MARCHESSOU, RUE GRANGEVIEILLE.
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on scalloped-oval label applied to title page recto, TL: Collection \ G.Cromer
Printed in black ink, title page recto, C: [identical text to cover page]
Stamped in black ink, title page recto, BC: EASTMAN HISTORICAL \ PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION \ Cromer Collection \ B-112 [alphanumerical inscribed in pencil]
Stamped in red ink, chapter 1 title page recto, BC: IMP / GEH
Stamped in red ink, table of content recto, BC: IMP / GEH
Printed in black ink, label applied to front cover, verso, TL: LIBRARY \ OF THE \ GEORGE EASTMAN \ HOUSE \ B 1-1 [alphanumeral typed in black ink]
Printed in black ink, half-title, recto, C: ALBUM \ PHOTOGRAPHIQUE \ D'ARCHÉOLOGIE RELIGIEUSE.
Printed in black ink, half-title, verso, BR: LE PUY, TYP. MARCHESSOU, RUE GRANGEVIEILLE.
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on scalloped-oval label applied to title page recto, TL: Collection \ G.Cromer
Printed in black ink, title page recto, C: [identical text to cover page]
Stamped in black ink, title page recto, BC: EASTMAN HISTORICAL \ PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION \ Cromer Collection \ B-112 [alphanumerical inscribed in pencil]
Stamped in red ink, chapter 1 title page recto, BC: IMP / GEH
Stamped in red ink, table of content recto, BC: IMP / GEH
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