Author: Exhibition - Paris 1867. RIMMEL, Eugene.
Title: Recollections of the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Description: Philadelphia, Lippincott [1868]. Octavo publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt; 340,[4],xvi [adverts]pp, wood engraved illustrations throughout. Light foxing; a rather good, bright copy. ¶ American issue but London printed, London bound and with London advertisements. It came out with London, Paris and Philadelphia imprints in English and is a translation from the French edition, based on articles for two newspapers. A good general survey by the perfumer, both artistic and scientific, including a modest illustration of his own perfumery stand and an account of his exhibited apparatus. Some but not all of the advertisements at the end are for his perfumery and his 'The Book of Perfumes'.
Keywords: technology trades manufactures international exhibitions France c19th applied arts perfume
Title: Recollections of the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Description: Philadelphia, Lippincott [1868]. Octavo publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt; 340,[4],xvi [adverts]pp, wood engraved illustrations throughout. Light foxing; a rather good, bright copy. ¶ American issue but London printed, London bound and with London advertisements. It came out with London, Paris and Philadelphia imprints in English and is a translation from the French edition, based on articles for two newspapers. A good general survey by the perfumer, both artistic and scientific, including a modest illustration of his own perfumery stand and an account of his exhibited apparatus. Some but not all of the advertisements at the end are for his perfumery and his 'The Book of Perfumes'.
Keywords: technology trades manufactures international exhibitions France c19th applied arts perfume
Price: AUD 185.00 = appr. US$ 128.00 Seller: Richard Neylon, Bookseller
- Book number: 8775
- Book number: 8775