Souvenir de Chartres [cover title].
Published by Durand -- Pie, Imagerie, Papeterie, [ca. 1880]., Chartres, France:, 1880
- First Edition
- Used
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since June 24, 1997
Condition: Used
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Oblong folio. 14 x 17.25 in. 14 albumen photos, each mounted on thick card stock leaf 13.5 x 16 in., w/ printed beige border, printed text lettering below each image, each tipped onto linen hinge. Contemporary quarter-red calf over red ribbed cloth over beveled boards, gilt lettering, borders & decoration on front cover, a.e.g. (spine expertly repaired, inner hinges renewed, very minor paper repairs to endpapers, minor bumping to corners), still a VG- copy, w/ institutional bookplate on front pastedown, signature of S.M. Holt, 1882 on corner of ffep., w/ 2 additional albumen photographs sized 4 x 6 in., preserved in envelope w/ printed letterhead of Durand-Pie Specialite de Photographies de Chartres, and dated Nov. 26, 1887 on verso in Holt's hand. First edition of this singular Victorian travel photo album of Chartres Cathedral, and the surrounding town. Albumen images of this size were expensive at the time, and these types of souvenirs proved unwieldy for travelers, so they tend to be quite uncommon. The splendid photographs include exterior views of the North Portal, South Portal (with scaffolding erected to the side of the Rose Window), the Royal Portal, interior views of the Nave, two of the 16th-Century choir screen, the Assumption of the Virgin by Charles-Antoine Bridan, as well as a splendid image of the Porte Guillaume, the remnant of the 12th-century Medieval wall which was blown up by the German Army in 1944 as they retreated from Patton's 3rd Army. The Chartres Cathedral survives as an exceptional example of Gothic Architecture, erected primarily between about 1194 and 1250, and is still a revered pilgrimage site, with three great facades, and the majority of the Medieval stained glass windows surviving. Worldcat locates 1 similar albumen photo album by Durand Pie Librairie at the Getty which is composed of 14 images of the 16th-century choir screen.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Souvenir de Chartres [cover title].
- Author
- [ARCHITECTURE -- PHOTO ALBUM].
- Publisher
- Durand -- Pie, Imagerie, Papeterie, [ca. 1880]., Chartres, France:
- Publication year
- 1880
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Art
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We are a small Used & Rare Bookseller available by appointment through phone, or e-mail. We exhibit at 10-14 trade shows a year, including the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, Rose City Book Fair in Portland, Oregon, as well as many others. We specialize in History, Medicine, Science, Children's Literature, Photographs, Photography, Archives, Trade Catalogues with an emphasis on Salesman Sample Catalogues, and Nineteenth-century imprints.
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