Réunion des Tuileries au Louvre, album 1Réunion des Tuileries au Louvre, tome I (title on object), Réunion des Tuileries au Louvre 1852-1857. Recueil de photographies publié par ordre de s. exc. mr. Achille Fould, ministre d'état et de la maison de l'empereur. (title on object), Photo album in green leather cover. On the front and back is the coat of arms of the French emperor Napoleon III, in the corners his monogram. The title and volume number are noted on the spine. The endpapers are of green changeant with a border decoration of French lilies in gold print. The album contains 113 sheets of gold on cut, each containing one or two photographs. The album is part of an ensemble of four that documented, step by step, the construction of the new Louvre between 1854 and 1857, commissioned by the French government. The albums were offered as representational copies to the emperor, friendly heads of state, ministers (such as the Rijksmuseum copy) and libraries. Thirty-six such sets were assembled, each containing about 550 photographs. Only four ensembles have survived., Édouard Denis Baldus, Édouard Denis Baldus, Paris, 1854 - 1857, cardboard, leather, salted paper print, engraving, writing (processes), height 391 mm × width 1200 mm × width 595 mm × thickness 65 mm
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Réunion des Tuileries au Louvre, album 1Réunion des Tuileries au Louvre, tome I, Réunion des Tuileries au Louvre 1852-1857, Recueil de photographies publié par ordre de s, exc, mr, Achille Fould, ministre d'état et de la maison de l'empereur, Photo album, green leather cover, front, back, coat of arms, French emperor Napoleon III, corners, monogram, volume number, noted, spine, endpapers, green changeant, border decoration, French lilies, gold print, album contains 113 sheets, gold, cut, containing, two photographs, album, part, ensemble, four, documented, step, step, construction, new Louvre, 1854, 1857, commissioned, French government, albums, offered, representational copies, emperor, friendly heads, state, ministers, Rijksmuseum copy, libraries, Thirty-six, sets, assembled, containing, 550 photographs, four ensembles, survived, Édouard Denis Baldus, Édouard Denis Baldus, Paris, 1854, 1857, cardboard, leather, salted paper print, engraving, writing, processes, height 391 mm, width 1200 mm, width 595 mm, thickness 65 mm
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