Le Chemin de Fer Métropolitaine de Paris
- Paris: Les Ateliers A.B.C, 1931
First Edition. 57 pp., heliogravure on commercial stock with 13 numbered color plates of diagrams and four additional color plates of illustrations, glued into silver metallic decorative boards with illustrated endpapers. Folio. Good. Cover and endpapers generally scuffed and with some marks, edgewear. Interiors clean and bright, with one short closed tear to one of the illustrated color plates, not affecting image. [2140]
Beautiful commemorative catalogue for Le Chemin de Fer Métropolitaine de Paris, otherwise known as the Paris Métro, printed on the occasion of the 1931 Paris Colonial Exposition, and the opening of a new subway line which led to it. Contents cover the past, present, and future of the Paris rail system, with many heliogravure photographic illustrations, four color illustrations after drawings, thirteen beautiful color plates of graphs and diagrams, and overall excellent graphic design. Rare in the US and in good condition.
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Title
Le Chemin de Fer Métropolitaine de Paris
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Les Ateliers A.B.C: Paris
Date
1931