Paris Incendié
Bound volume
Unidentified
Maker
Paris Incendié
1871
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall: 12 3/8 × 17 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (31.5 × 43.5 × 3.5 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
DescriptionThis album contains nineteen albumen silver prints depicting the Paris monuments and streets burned down during the Commune uprising of May 1871. The album begins with text by H. de Bleignerie introducing the history up to and including the uprising, followed by Edouard Dangin's historical notes on the damaged monuments and streets. The prints are individually mounted and captioned. The album is bound in brown tooled leather, with gilt decorative designs and titles, gilt edges, and white moiré endpapers.
Inscriptions Stamped in gilt, front cover, C: PARIS INCENDIÉ \ 1871
Stamped in gilt, spine, TC: PARIS \ INCENDIÉ \ 1871
Inscribed in black ink, white label applied to spine, BC: 05.33
Printed in black ink, white label applied to front pastedown, TL: LIBRARY \ OF THE \ GEORGE EASTMAN \ HOUSE \ H 2-2 [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.
Inscribed in pencil, title-page, recto, BC: 1871
Stamped in red ink, on title-page, on Historique page 1 and on back pastedown, B: IMP/GEH
Stamped in gilt, spine, TC: PARIS \ INCENDIÉ \ 1871
Inscribed in black ink, white label applied to spine, BC: 05.33
Printed in black ink, white label applied to front pastedown, TL: LIBRARY \ OF THE \ GEORGE EASTMAN \ HOUSE \ H 2-2 [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.
Inscribed in pencil, title-page, recto, BC: 1871
Stamped in red ink, on title-page, on Historique page 1 and on back pastedown, B: IMP/GEH
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