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L'EXPOSITION DE PARIS 1900 PUBLIÉE AVEC LA COLLABORATION D'ÉCRIVAINS SPÉCIAUX ET DES MEILLEURS ARTISTES

L'EXPOSITION DE PARIS 1900 PUBLIÉE AVEC LA COLLABORATION D'ÉCRIVAINS SPÉCIAUX ET DES MEILLEURS ARTISTES by (BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BINDING)

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Title
L'EXPOSITION DE PARIS 1900 PUBLIÉE AVEC LA COLLABORATION D'ÉCRIVAINS SPÉCIAUX ET DES MEILLEURS ARTISTES
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(BINDINGS - PUBLISHER'S BINDING)
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
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Paris: Librairie Illustrée, Montgredien et Cie, [1900]. 380 x 275 mm. (15 x 10 3/4"). Three volumes.. IMPOSING RED PEBBLE-GRAIN CLOTH BY MICHEL ENGEL (stamp-signed on front cover), decorated in gilt and black TO A DESIGN BY PAUL SOUZE, front cover with elegant gilt and black frame with caduceus cornerpieces, central panel with two aerial views of the Exposition, these separated by a title banner topped with gilt heraldic design, smooth spine with three compartments, that at top with a winged herald, the center one with gilt lettering, lower compartment with Mercury's winged hat and caduceus flanked by palm fronds. With an extra chromolithographed title pages by J. Minot after Luigi Loir, crest of Paris on title page, LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED, with black wood engravings on every page of text (frequently more than one per page), 102 of these full-page, one of them in colors, 116 DOUBLE PAGE PLATES, 34 of these in color, and FOUR LARGE FOLDING PANORAMAS. With book label of the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin laid in at front. Isolated smudges or corner creases (from printing process), light offsetting from illustrations, or trivial foxing, but AN ESPECIALLY FINE COPY with none of the wear typical of picture books that see avid use, the text clean and fresh, the color plates pleasing, and THE BINDINGS IN SPARKLING CONDITION. From a major American collection, this oversized account of the 1900 Paris Exposition is replete with historic illustrations and retains its eye-catching original publisher's binding in virtually immaculate condition. Held from April to November, the Paris Exposition presented its nearly 50 million attendees with a wide array of attractions, including dazzling demonstrations of new technologies, impressive architectural achievements, Art Nouveau design, and performing arts, all nestled along the Seine in the vicinity of the Trocadero and Eiffel Tower. The present text handles each of these spectacles in turn, detailing the construction of each of the structures and the specifics of the art and performances, with an abundance of illustrations detailing every aspect of the world extravaganza. The impressive bindings were executed by the Engel company, which Flety tells us was a pioneer in the industrialization of book binding. It was founded by Jean Engel (1811-92), who is sometimes known as "the father of industrial binding" because of his development and implementation of mechanical methods of bookbinding. Our binding was produced through the collaboration of Michel with engraver and designer Auguste Souze (fl. 1857-92), who produced many dies for publisher's bindings in France during this period, including a sizable number for Engel. This striking example cleverly uses black and gilt to emphasize light and shadow: for example, the lower vignette depicting the Palace of Electricity shines with gilt, imitating how the pavilion's 5,000 incandescent lights lit up the Parisian night. Our copy comes from the splendid library of publisher's bindings assembled over three decades by Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin, a collection represented in an exhibition at the Grolier Club in 2000. In a review of the sumptuous catalogue for the exhibition, written for the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Andrea Krupp praises the "pristine condition" of this "glittering and opulent collection." This set is a particularly remarkable example of unlooked-for preservation--books this large and heavy and inviting the kind of avid viewing that its many illustrations encourage would virtually never be found in genuinely fine condition..
Group of Four Letters by Henry L. Hammond, Treasurer of the Chicago Theological Seminary, to his cousin Mrs. Azelia Giraud Woodhull, New York City, 1863-1865

Group of Four Letters by Henry L. Hammond, Treasurer of the Chicago Theological Seminary, to his cousin Mrs. Azelia Giraud Woodhull, New York City, 1863-1865 by Hammond, Rev. Henry L. (1815-1893)

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Group of Four Letters by Henry L. Hammond, Treasurer of the Chicago Theological Seminary, to his cousin Mrs. Azelia Giraud Woodhull, New York City, 1863-1865
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Hammond, Rev. Henry L. (1815-1893)
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4 letters, quarto, 7 pages, written on the letterhead of the Chicago Theological Seminary, of which Hammond was then treasurer, in very good, clean and legible condition. Henry L. Hammond (1815-1893) was born in Smyrna, New York; graduated from Oberlin College in 1838, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1841. He came west to Michigan in 1842, organizing the First Congregational Church of Detroit, and was its pastor until 1850. He then served as pastor of the Congregational Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1850-1856, when he moved to Chicago to become editor of the Congregational Herald, a post he held until 1861. He preached in Princeton Illinois from 1861-1862. Hammond was an ardent abolitionist and was fearless in preaching against slavery. While preaching in Princeton he got up a petition which gained many signatures, sent to President Lincoln, urging him to use his war powers to free the slaves. His wife was the sister of Owen Lovejoy, Illinois abolitionist, congressman and friend of Abraham Lincoln. From 1862 to 1872 Hamond was General Agent and Treasurer of the Chicago Theological Seminary, which he helped establish as a thriving institution. He was the author of "New Stories from an Old Book", which he refers to in one of the letters offered here. Sample Quotes: (Nov. 28, 1863) " …You will be glad to learn that Prof. Bartlett & I completely succeeded in our mission at the East - completing an endowment of $30,000 for his Professorship in our Sem'y...." (June 22, 1864): "… The labors of my kinsman, Rev. E.P. Hammond, the Evangelist, have been much blessed in Chicago for a month past. Did I tell you of a little book of mine that was about being published in Boston. It is out now. Title "New Stories from an Old Book'. Sabbath School size, 216 pages. The 'Old Book' is of course the Bible....Only a few copies have been sent out here as yet. I should like to have you see it..." (Feb. 11, 1865): "… Brother Sereno was buried last Wednesday at Detroit. He has been failing for months past, & for the last month confined to his bed. But he died very peacefully at last, sanctifying grace, having done a wonderful work in Him & for Him. All his family, not merely, but his physician & Pastor, & neighbors, testifying to the grace of God bestowed upon him, especially in his last days. Half of the original ten children of my father's family are now with our dear parents in heaven. The minister at the funeral spoke beautifully of the reforming family circle above. I feel that we all owe much to the prayers & godly example of our parents, & that if we all at length are found an unbroken family, then it will be owing to the abounding grace of God in answer to their faith...." (March 24, 1865) " …I promised, I believe, to remember you the first time I had a photograph taken. If I fulfil my promise, I must send you the enclosed, which is said to be a good likeness, however poor the picture. The fact is, I have for comfort & convenience, allowed my moustache & beard & hair to grow during the winter, & my son Chester, who is away at school, insisted on seeing me before I should shave for the spring. Hence the taking of this. And now as you hold me to my promise, I don't see but this must be inflicted on you.... Bro. Charles, not being in very good health, has resigned his office as Superintendent of the C.B. & Q. Rail Road, & will take life easier hereafter I hope..."

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