L'Opéra de Paris construit par M. Charles Garnier : architecture, sculpture décorative, extérieur & intérieur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garnier, Charles, 1825-1898.

Contributor:

Marville, Charles, 1813-1879, photographer.

Bigot, Eugène, publisher.

Foreign Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Opéra de Paris--Pictorial works.

Opéra de Paris.

Architectural photography--France--Paris.

Architectural photography.

Architecture--France--Paris--19th century.

Architecture.

Paris (France)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Paris (France).

Physical Description:

1 v. in 3 ([6] p., 29 leaves of plates) : chiefly ill. ; 65 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Paris] : Librairie de L'Architecture & des Arts Industriels Eugene Bigot, 22, rue de Latour d'Auvergne, 22, Paris, [ca. 1880]

Contents:

[1]. Table (List of planches), Pl. 1-5

[2]. Pl. 6-17

[3]. Pl. 18-29.

Notes:

Includes half-title.

Place of publication follows publisher statement on t.p.

29 mounted albumen photographs are unsigned.

Date of imprint is taken from a Charles Wood catalogue, as is the attribution of some of the photographs to Charles Marville; according to a letter from Marie de Thézy, author of "Marville Paris" (1994), the photographic images which she has attributed to Marville correspond to negatives with his official stamp; other images cannot be attributed to Marville with absolute certainty, however it is known that at least 21 views of the Opera have been attributed to him. Cf. Charles B. Wood III Architectural Catalogue No. 92 (Pt. I), p. 42-43.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Original portfolio boards, [6] p. of letterpress and 29 mounted albumen photographs are in mylar sleeves and housed in modern clamshell boxes.

Athenaeum copy: Includes correspondence from bookseller Charles Wood III and Marie de Thézy regarding the attribution of photographs to Charles Marville.

Athenaeum copy acquired with funds donated by the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation.