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Inauguration du monument de Ferdinand de Lesseps le 17 Novembre 1899.: Personal copy of François Philippe Voisin (1821-1918), chief engineer of the Suez Canal Company during the construction of the Suez Canal
by Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Tuebingen, Germany
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About This Item
3 leaves letterpress text and index, 48 collotype plates. Publisher's green cloth with gilt title on front board. All edges gilt, endpapers lined with multiple coloured snail marbled paper on combed marbled patterns. Oblong folio (455 x 335 mm). Spine-ends minimally frayed.
The personal copy of Monsieur François Philippe Voisin (1821-1918) (= Voisin Bey), his name stamped in gilt on front cover, a French engineer and from 1861 to 1870, the chief engineer of the Suez Canal Company during the construction of the Suez Canal, together with its director Ferdinand de Lesseps. The 48 plates show 76 collotypes (numbered 1 through 74 and 2 unnumbered collotypes), they depict views, portraits, seascapes, and the inauguration itself and showing on the other hand the canal (and its surroundings) on its entire length. One plate with small loss to lower outer corner (far away from image) else fine. It seems that the whole seemingly small print-run of this inauguration publication was given as a gift to an unspecified number of prominent guests of the inauguration festivities, each copy with the name of the recipient stamped in gilt on front cover.
The personal copy of Monsieur François Philippe Voisin (1821-1918) (= Voisin Bey), his name stamped in gilt on front cover, a French engineer and from 1861 to 1870, the chief engineer of the Suez Canal Company during the construction of the Suez Canal, together with its director Ferdinand de Lesseps. The 48 plates show 76 collotypes (numbered 1 through 74 and 2 unnumbered collotypes), they depict views, portraits, seascapes, and the inauguration itself and showing on the other hand the canal (and its surroundings) on its entire length. One plate with small loss to lower outer corner (far away from image) else fine. It seems that the whole seemingly small print-run of this inauguration publication was given as a gift to an unspecified number of prominent guests of the inauguration festivities, each copy with the name of the recipient stamped in gilt on front cover.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquariat Banzhaf
(DE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2129
- Title
- Inauguration du monument de Ferdinand de Lesseps le 17 Novembre 1899.
- Author
- Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez
- Format/Binding
- Publisher’s green cloth with gilt title on front board. All edges gilt.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition.
- Publisher
- Phototypie Berthaud
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1899/1900
- Pages
- 48 collotype plates
- Size
- Oblong folio (455 x 335 mm).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Suez Canal, Engineering
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Antiquariat Banzhaf
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Tuebingen
About Antiquariat Banzhaf
Antiquariat BanzhafWe specialize in illustrated books and manuscripts from the 17th to 20th centuries. We are focused on book arts, architecture and landscape, costume. We always have some mostly 19th century vintage photography albums and prints in stock. We issue on a regular base email lists and printed catalogs.
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Marbled Paper
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Edges
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- Leaves
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