(Paris, 6 books). L'Exposition universelle de 1867 illustrée - Lot 53

(Paris, 6 books). L'Exposition universelle de 1867 illustrée, authorized by the imperial commission. 60 issues, 976 pages, half text, half engravings. Editor Ducuing. Two folio volumes (38x28 cm), half red calf (rubbed and stained on boards). Marvels of the 1867 Universal Exhibition by Jules Mesnard. Arts et Industrie. Paris, Imprimerie générale de Lahure, 1867; two parts in one volume (heavy foxing) in-folio (36x29 cm), half burgundy chagrin. Illustrated 1878 Exposition Universelle. 87 woodcuts (some foxing), including a large panoramic fold-out plate. Descriptive text of Vandières. Paris Calmann Levy libraire-éditeur; in-folio (45x31 cm), red percaline (a little rubbed), decorated with a large plate of gilded framing irons, arms of the city of Paris and commemorative coins. Bound by Engel. Other copy (rubbed, soiled, panoramic plate with part detached at one fold). L'Exposition de Paris (1878), edited by A. Bitard, with the collaboration of special writers, edition enriched with views, scenes, reproductions of objets d'art, machines, drawings and engravings. Paris, Librairie Illustrée et Dreyfous, 1878; in-folio (38x29 cm), half black chagrin. 320 pages, including a large panoramic fold-out plate. Histoire des Expositions et des Beaux- Arts by A. Bitard, with engravings in the text. Rouen, Mégard et Cie, 1884; in-4 (30x21 cm), half chagrin and red percaline boards (gilded irons of an honorary prize on first board), ornate spine, gilt edges. Frontispiece, 384 pages.