ID 992946
Lot 336 | WALTON, William (fl. 1889)
Estimate value
£ 1 000 – 2 000
Chefs-d'Oeuvre de l'Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1889. Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, [1889].
One of only 500 copies of the Edition de Grand Luxe printed for sale. A souvenir of the Exposition Universelle held in Paris from 6 May to 31 October 1889. Bobins IV, 1478.
2 volumes, folio (466 x 340mm). Number 226 of 500 copies of the Edition de Grand Luxe, 50 plates in two states: sepia photogravures and coloured, numerous other illustrations in text. Contemporary brown morocco gilt, spines in compartments with raised bands gilt, gilt edges, embroidered silk endpapers (binding rubbed). Provenance: this set printed for subscriber Mrs Mary Hamilton Hoxie of Chicago.
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