Ephemera
1912 · Bruxelles
Bruxelles: Phototyp Industrie Belge, 1912. Original. Ephemera. VG (likely unused) but with foxing to tissue guards (none to cards/pages) and two small spots at top of front cover.. Small, white, oblong booklet with red lettering; illus. on back cover. 2 pp. introductory text followed by 12 bw cards, each with tissue guard. "The Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo, erected before the mount of the lion, has been executed by Mr. Louis Dumoulin, French Navy painter, with the cooperation of military painters and officiers of different countries, most of them descending from fighters. - Artistic representation of poignant episodes of the Battle." (back cover) Each card includes a full annotation at bottom. No date, but Dumoulin painted the 360-degree canvas painting in 1912. Typical early-20th-century souvenir booklet.
(Inventory #: 155227)