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Opens with a beautiful plan of the exhibition in color on double sheet. The International Colonial Exhibition took place at Porte Dorée in 1931, and was directed by Marshal Lyautey. author of the introduction.
The beautiful reproductions of color drawings and photographs represent the pavilions of the French colonies made by the Art Deco architects Bazin and Audoul, Blanche and Sabrier, Granet and Expert, Saacke, Bailly and Montenot, Olivier and Lambert, Tur, Wulfleff, Moussali, Jaussely and Laprade, etc.
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Album of the 1931 Paris Colonial Exhibition - L'Illustration [ International Colonial Exhibition of Paris 1931 ]
Paris Illustration 1931
Flight. Folio. ; 154 pages including material published in the issues of L'Illustration of May 23, June 27, July 25 and August 22, 1931,
Beautiful full leather binding. 1 beautiful golden oriental motif on the 1st cover with a black mosaic title piece in the center. Golden frame on the 2nd cover.
Condition: Worn binding, shows traces of handling on the covers, tear on the second cover, water marks in the upper part. , ends of the first joint split (6 and 3 cm), blunt corners. Interior without foxing, light wetting in the upper part of the pages, plate of the flag of Madagascar and last loose leaf. 67596647