No publisher's details. Unpaginated. Red cloth-covered boards; blind embossed design and border and black titles on front. Landscape 8vo. Bumped spine ends. Stains on boards. Text block edges tanned, affects page margins. Gutter cracked and stretched. Light foxing to prelims. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
Celebratory book of the Paris Exposition Universelle which was held during the year of the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, an event considered symbolic of the beginning of the French Revolution. Contains 38 sepia-tone illustrations - 2 of which are double-paged. Views include: Panorama de Paris - Les Sept Ponts sur la Seine; Hotel de Ville; Notre Dame; Palais de la Justice; Vue Generale du Louvre; Jardin du Palais-Royal; La Bourse; La Madeleine; Avenue de L'Opera; Le Nouvel Opera; Salle du Nouvel Opera; Colonne Vendome; Saint Augustin; Colonne du 14 Juillet (place de la Bastille); La Pantheon; Dome des Invalides; Tombeau de Napoleon; Statue de La Republique; Rue Royale; Place de la Concorde; Jardin des Tuileries et Avenue des Champs-Elysees etc.
