POCKET GUIDE To The UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION Paris 1900.; Supplement to the Complete Pocket Guide to Europe.
New York / London: William R. Jenkins 48th Street & Sixth Avenue / Baillière, Tindall & Cox 20-21 King William St., Strand, (1900). 1st Printing. 29, [1 (blank)] pp. Two fold-out maps, "Map of the Grounds" & "Outline Plan of Paris". 16mo. 4-7/8" x 3-3/8". Flexible light blue cloth covers printed in black. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Modest wear & soiling to covers, "Grounds" map with 1 cm tear at a fold. Withal, a VG+ item. Item #48403
"The Exposition Universelle of 1900, better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next. The fair, visited by nearly 50 million, displayed many technological innovations, including the Grande Roue de Paris Ferris wheel, the moving sidewalk, diesel engines, talking films, escalators, and the telegraphone (the first magnetic audio recorder). It also brought international attention to the Art Nouveau style. Major structures remaining from the Exposition include the Grand Palais, the Petit Palais, the Pont Alexandre III, the Gare d'Orsay railroad station (now the Musée d'Orsay) and two of original entrances of Paris Métro stations by Hector Guimard." [Wiki]
A rare surviving exposition guide to this stupendous event, OCLC lists only 3 holding institutions.
Price: $235.00