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Antique French souvenir photograph album — \"Album Artistique, Paris,\" bilingual with \"Notices in English and French,\" published by Cormault et Papeghin of Paris. Deep rose/maroon paper-covered boards with elaborate gold and dark embossed Art Nouveau script lettering on the front cover. Likely dates to the early 1900s based on the automobiles visible in several of the street-view photographs.
Each interior page presents a die-cut, embossed-frame mount holding a black-and-white photographic view of Paris, captioned in both French and English. Views include:
- La Façade de Notre-Dame / The Façade of Notre-Dame
- Panorama des Huit Ponts / Panorama of the Eight Bridges
- Le Dôme des Invalides / The Dome of the Hôtel des Invalides
- Le Boulevard Saint-Denis / The Boulevard Saint-Denis (a lively street scene full of period carriages, early automobiles, and pedestrians)
- L\'Opéra / The Opera House
- La Madeleine et la Rue Royale / The Madeleine and Rue Royale
- L\'Avenue des Champs Élysées — charmingly mistranslated on the plate itself as \"Avenue of the Elycian Thield,\" a fun period translation quirk that collectors of this album seem to enjoy pointing out
Condition: Please review all photos closely. The cover shows soiling, a bumped corner, and some fraying/separation at the top of the spine. The rear board shows a bumped corner as well. Interior photographic plates are clean and sharp with good contrast; the embossed page mounts are intact throughout.
