Histoire pittoresque de Paris
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Bound volume
Histoire pittoresque de Paris
1868
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall: 17 5/16 × 13 × 1 3/8 in. (44 × 33 × 3.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionAlbum consists of 43 albumen silver prints of drawings photographed by A. Verneuil and A. Bertrand. Most prints include blocs of text surrounded by drawings illustrating the history of Paris. The album is bound in half black leather, mottled boards, and marbled endpapers, with gilt title on spine only.
Inscriptions Printed in gilt, spine, TC: HISTOIRE \ PITTORESQUE \ DE \ PARIS
Printed in black ink, label applied to front paste-down, TL: LIBRARY \ OF THE \ GEORGE EASTMAN \ HOUSE \ B 3 - 2 [alphanumeral typed in black ink]
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on scalloped-oval label applied to front free endpaper, recto, TL: Collection \ G.Cromer
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on front free endpaper, recto, T: 3 premières planches par A. Bertrand, rue Dauphine 34, à Paris \ Les autres par A. Verneuil, même adresse. \\ Est-ce \ "Histoire Pittoriesque de Paris et des Parisiens" Tome 1, [?] Jolin, Pilon edr., 1868 ? \ Voir à la Nationale
Stamped in red ink, page 7, recto, BC: IMP / GEH
Printed in black ink, label applied to front paste-down, TL: LIBRARY \ OF THE \ GEORGE EASTMAN \ HOUSE \ B 3 - 2 [alphanumeral typed in black ink]
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on scalloped-oval label applied to front free endpaper, recto, TL: Collection \ G.Cromer
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on front free endpaper, recto, T: 3 premières planches par A. Bertrand, rue Dauphine 34, à Paris \ Les autres par A. Verneuil, même adresse. \\ Est-ce \ "Histoire Pittoriesque de Paris et des Parisiens" Tome 1, [?] Jolin, Pilon edr., 1868 ? \ Voir à la Nationale
Stamped in red ink, page 7, recto, BC: IMP / GEH
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