BINDING - CITY OF PARIS / Very fine binding commissioned by - Lot 432

BINDING - CITY OF PARIS / Very fine binding commissioned by the City of Paris as a gift to Alfred Massé of a copy of the catalog of the Exposition Spéciale de la Ville de Paris et du Département de la Seine à l'Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Gand de 1913, nominative copy, bound in full olive morocco, 1st plate stamped in gold with the Arms of the City of Paris, the inside covers stretched in turquoise blue satin cloth, The 130-page catalog (15 x 24 cm), printed by Chaix in 1913, details the 857 lots exhibited by the various departments of the Ville de Paris and the Département de la Seine, and gives an exact photograph of the entire organization chart: Beaux-Arts, Enseignement, Architecture, Travaux, Plantation, collaborating artists etc.