Paris guide par les principaux écrivains et artistes de la France.

2 vol., 12mo.; 150 pl. (text n.c., some min. spotting).

Contemp. half shagreen over paper boards, gilt.-titled spine with 4 raised bands (spine missing of vol. 1, joints split of vol. 2, corners bumped).

Original edition of this collection of texts, by illustrious writers like Victor Hugo, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Ernest Renan, Édouard Fournier, … compiled for the World Exposition of 1867, intended as an essential guide to literary and artistic Paris. First vol. focuses on science and art, second vol. on life. Ill. (complete) with 2 front. depicting the coat of arms of Paris, 127 pl., mostly town views, of which 16 on double ff., 7 fold. maps and 14 ff. with reproductions of the signatures of the collaborators. Printed on blue paper.
Ref. Vicaire VI:388. - BnF.
Prov. Alfred Kierf (mod. bookpl.).
Joined: Souvenir de l'Exposition Universelle Paris 1900. 2 photo albums, 36 b/w photographs, ca. 9,5 x 15,0 cm. (Some photographs loose). Pictures from the World Exposition in Paris of 1900, e.g. Eiffel Tower, (avenue) of the Opera, Place de la République, Place de la Concorde et la Madeleine, ... (4 vol.)