CADOUX Gaston. Official report of the celebrations organized - Lot 29

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CADOUX Gaston. Official report of the celebrations organized - Lot 29
CADOUX Gaston. Official report of the celebrations organized by the city of Paris for the visit of the officers and sailors of the Russian squadron of the Mediterranean, on October 17-19-20 and 24, 1893. Paris Imprimerie nationale, 1894. Large in-4 paperback, 244 pages, complete with the 17 hors-texte plates announced, including a folding map. Several engravings in colors retrace with truth and panache these facts taken on the spot, this solemn entry of the Russian squadron. This publication wanted to revive the old tradition of "relations of public festivals", accurate documents for the anecdotal history of the city of Paris. The very lively panoramic views in color (avenue de l'Opéra, rue de Lyon, Hôtel de ville, parc des Buttes-Chaumont, lunch at the Palmarium of the Jardin d'acclimatation, boulevard Saint-Germain, rue de la Paix, halles centrales, are drawn by the painter Theodor HOFFBAUER (one of the first organizers of dioramas in the capital) Official report of the celebrations organized by the City of Paris for the visit of LL. MM. II. the Emperor and Empress of Russia on October 6, 7, and 8, 1896. P., Imprimerie Nationale, 1897, gr. in-4° (34 x 24,7), (2 ff.)-181 pp, 2 portraits, 25 plates (representing the various ceremonials organized in their honor, the monuments of Paris, etc.), 2 programs (Comédie-Française and concert of the Hôtel de Ville), a menu, appendices and supporting documents, stapled, untrimmed, printed cover, qqs tears without mque to the cover, qqs rare freckles, good condition Beautiful publication in memory of the coming of Nicolas II of Russia to France, illustrated with two portraits (that of Tsar Nicolas II on chine glue, and that of Empress Alexandra Fiodorovna), 25 plates including 18 heliogravures and 7 etchings, 2 programs as well as the cover of the menu of the dinner at the Élysée, illustrated by Clairin. 2 VOLUMES
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