Creation of a World Centre of Communication

Published by Paris: Self-published, Paris, 1913

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47 x 34cm. Large folio hardcover in original gilt-decorated green cloth, xv + 102pp. Lavishly illustrated with fold-out engravings and photo-lithographs. An unusually ambitious visionary proposal for a vast imaginary centralised zone for world communication and world peace, containing a grand harbour with sculptures, an Olympic Centre of Physical Culture, a Music Conservatory, a School of Fine Arts and Museum of Casts, a Fountain of Life, etc. The architectural aspect was overseen by urban planner Ernest Hebrard. The project was to be located somewhere on a western Atlantic coast. The author sets out the philosophy thus: "from the beginning of time centralisation began, and it is legitimate to believe that to the end of time it will continue. Despite prejudice and war, suffering and bloodshed, an irresistible force ever draws men to a deeper understanding of a common aim. An invisible guiding hand unites all peoples by fraternal bonds of a grander sympathy. The memory of the lives that in the past courageously and faithfully gave their energy to the divine mission of unification, stimulates the desire of men to move in unison." Sporadic areas of quite heavy foxing, some offsetting between illustrations, otherwise tight and bright, and externally very well preserved.…

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Title
Creation of a World Centre of Communication
Author
Andersen, Hendrik Christian; Hebrard, Ernest M.
Publisher
Paris: Self-published, Paris
Publication year
1913
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.

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