Marie-Alexandre ALOPHE
Union postale universelle. Souvenir du Congrès de Paris. Paris, Photographie artistique Alophe, mai 1878
Photographie artistique Alophe|Paris 1878|17.5 x 21.3 cm|Relié
Rich photographic album comprising the title page and 65 oval silver prints mounted on heavy paper, all on tabs.
Full bottle-green morocco binding, spine without lettering, raised bands framed with black fillets, double blind-ruled frame on covers, gilt roll tooling on the caps, gilt title stamped at the center of the upper cover, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wide gilt dentelle borders on pastedowns, all edges gilt, one upper corner slightly rubbed, gilt fillets on board edges, an elegant contemporary binding signed by Thouvenin fils.
Minor surface scuffing.
One of the most renowned works by the photographer Alophe (1811–1883). A commemorative album featuring p
€1,500