Souvenir de l'exposition de 1878
1878 Paris. Liebert, Alphonse J
Paris. 1878
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Liebert spent the majority of his career photographing the environs of Paris. He moved to Paris in 1863 after operating a photographic studio in gold-rush California. In 1872, he published an album of one hundred photographs titled Les Ruines de Paris et ses Environs 1870-71, depicting the destruction of buildings and monuments from the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune. In 1878 he produced this portfolio of photos, offering a unique documentation of the Paris World Exhibition 1878 with pictures of the installations, of particular buildings and streets, of interiors and an aerial view. This was probably a presentation copy for an official visitor of the Exposition, i.e. Ellsworth.
Oblong folio. 75 mounted original photographs by Alphonse J. Liebert. Contemporary morocco, a.e.g. Front cover with gilt-stamped name H. P. Ellsworth.
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