EDOUARD VII - ENTENTE CORDIALE - EXPOSITION FRANCO-BRITANNIQ - Lot 182

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EDOUARD VII - ENTENTE CORDIALE - EXPOSITION FRANCO-BRITANNIQ - Lot 182
EDOUARD VII - ENTENTE CORDIALE - EXPOSITION FRANCO-BRITANNIQUE de LONDRES 1908 / Guestbook of the French Pavilion Moët et Chandon of this exhibition in London from May 14 to October 31, 1908 celebrating the Entente Cordiale, signed by the House of Asprey (166 Bond Street in London), bound in full morocco large in-4 (24 x 30 cm), plates divided into mosaic for half in blue and red, with double golden nets decorated and titled "Franco-British Exhibition - London - 1908 - Pavilion Moët Chandon", back mosaic blue and red with golden fillets, golden edges, doubled morocco lining of the same colors - The first page is the one where King Edward VII has affixed his signature on July 13, 1908, It is followed by that of Constantine Duke of Sparta (future King Constantine I of Greece) - There are about 70 signatures on 5 pages, Gaston Chandon de Briailles and his wife, then the dignitaries of the Aristocracy (Barons and Lords) or British Finance, the members of the French Committee : Derby, Jersey, Cockburn, Selby, Gustave Chevillard, Spielmann, Weardale, Charles Howard, Gilbey, Blyth, Kiralfy, Norman Lockyer, Charles Charleton, Joseph Lyons, Burnham, Witheldaw Reid, Welby, Clifton Robinson, Paul Cambon, Henri de Manneville, François de La Bégassière, Gustave Goerg, Suffield, Rich, Jean-Remy Chandon, Bruno de Maigret, Ivan de Maigret, François de Maigret (nephews of Gaston de Chandon), Alice de Casteja, Stanuslas de Casteja, Harry de Montebello, John Bell (Lord Mayor), Robinson (Chairman), Lionel Rothschild, Desborough etc. - We also note the signatures of the Sultan of Zanzibar Ali Bin Hamid, the Ambassador of China Li Ching Fong and Sir Covarrubias, American Ambassador / Attached is the souvenir album that was published in 1909 in memory of this event for the House of Moët Chandon, about 100 p large in-4, listing all the members of the various committees, the subscribers, abundantly illustrated with photos (outside and inside the pavilion, banquets, groups), reproducing all the menus of the numerous banquets, exhaustively all the articles published in the international press and especially reproducing the signatures of the guest book that we present, which makes it an important source of information
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