EIFFEL, Gustave - Lot 6

Lot n° 6
Go to lot
Estimation :
3000 - 4000 EUR
Result : NC
EIFFEL, Gustave - Lot 6
EIFFEL, Gustave La Tour de trois cents mètres. Société des imprimeries Lemercier, Paris, 1900 2 volumes. Large folio (541 x 377 mm). Portrait of Eiffel on frontispiece and numerous figures and diagrams in the text volume. The atlas, entirely mounted on tabs, includes 53 numbered double plates (plates XII bis, XIII bis, XXII bis, XXII ter, XXII quater, XXIII bis, XXIII ter, XXIII quater are present), several of which are in color (as the table indicates, plates XXVI and XXVII do not exist), 13 intaglio proofs (11 of which are photographs of the construction) and a color map of the Paris area. FIRST EDITION, FOLIO FORMAT. Limited edition of 500 copies on wove paper (no. 99 for the text volume and no. 79 for the plate volume). Autograph signed letter from Gustave Eiffel on the title page of the text volume. Provenance Koechlin family. Bindings rubbed, upper covers damaged. Staining on the portrait of Eiffel (detached from the body of the book). "The first modern, comprehensive monograph of a building, La Tour de 300 mètres is the standard work for any study of 19th-century metal architecture". Expert : ROLLAND Rodolphe
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue