Title & Author:

Album photographique des ruines de Paris : collection de tous les monuments et édifices incendiés et détruits par la Commune de Paris : accompagnée de notices historiques et descriptives sur chaque sujet.

Publication:

Paris : Librairie rue Visconti, [1871]

Description:

[4] p., [21] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 23 x 28 cm.

Notes:
Text signed and dated: "Paris, septembre 1871. Justin Lallier."
Some photos. signed P. L.
The identity of the photographer is uncertain. Each of the prints includes the initials "P.L." (i.e. P. Loubère); but in the text Loubère is referred to as "un éditeur [qui] eut l'ingénieuse idée de consacrer dans une suite de vingt photographies les plaies saignantes de notre grand Paris".
Library copy: Imperfect: t.p, text, 1 plate ( composite port. of figures associated with the Commune ) wanting.

Summary:

Gilt-edged album of albumen photographic prints depicting scenes of damaged or destroyed buildings and monuments such as the Hotel de Ville, Tuileries, Palais de la Justice, Ministère des Finances, Palais-Royal, Arsenal, etc.

Subject:

Buildings.
Paris (France) History Commune, 1871 Pictorial works.
Paris (France) Buildings, structures, etc.
Paris (France) Histoire 1871 (Commune) Ouvrages illustrés.
France Paris.

Form/genre:

Photographic prints.
Albumen prints.
History.
Pictorial works.

Added entries:

Lallier, Justin.
Loubère, P.

Ruines de Paris, Mai 1871.

Holdings:

Location: Library photo vault 17965
Call No.: ID:87-B5556
Status: Available