Société des imprimeries Lemercier

First edition printed in 500 copies hors commerce numbered on vellum.
Binders half grief fir corners past five nerves back, when golden tail, flat marbled paper, custody and contreplats of handmade paper, a scratch at the top of the first dish of the volume of plates, small traces of friction slices, gilded heads, binders of the time.
Rare and valuable autograph dedication signed by Gustave Eiffel, the amount of text to the school library of Levallois-Perret.
Levallois-Perret was heavily involved in the development and construction of the tower, Gustave Eiffel entertained a lifelong close relationship with the city.
"As early as 1866, the creation of the municipality, the builder Gustave Eiffel currently installed his workshop at 48 rue Fouquet. In 1868, the company G Eiffel et Cie is formally established, with its headquarters on the site of factory. Mounting the metal parts of the tower began in July 1887 Much of the work is carried out upstream, in the workshops of Levallois-Perret. Each of 18,038 pieces is cut, drilled, pre-assembled in elements about 5 meters in Levallois-Perret. Two thirds of 2.5 million rivets of the tower are factory installed. And if a part is a problem, it is redirected to Levallois-Perret.
In 1888, to meet the required work for the construction of the tower, but also through the locks of the Panama Canal, Gustave Eiffel many leases land around his factory, which has now reached an area of ??nearly 16,400 square meters! March 31, 1889, the 300-meter tower, which all already starting to call the "Eiffel Tower", is inaugurated. Gustave Eiffel is the pinnacle of glory.
a city of Levallois-Perret decides to honor its prestigious citizen by renaming the street Fouquet, historic seat factories rue Gustave Eiffel Eiffel. At 57, in addition to its tower, the brilliant engineer has a street named after him, rare privilege. "(Cf. Archives & Heritage Hauts de Seine).
Frontispiece of the volume of text, a portrait of Gustave Eiffel protected by winds. It is illustrated with 253 figures in the text and complete well illustrated in Appendix 37 photographic and facsimile signatures of visitors to the tower reproductions. The second volume is full of several boards including 54 in color, double page, the special map of the surroundings of Paris showing the visible points of the top of the Eiffel Tower and 13 boards in photogravure, usually absent.
A light shade ahead of the last page of facsimile signatures, otherwise very good condition inside.
Rare copy in contemporary binding, full of rare photogravures and enriched with a large handwritten dedication of Gustave Eiffel.