FRANCE - COMMUNE DE PARIS - P. LOUBÈRE - Lot 329

FRANCE - COMMUNE DE PARIS - P. LOUBÈRE "Photographic album of the ruins of Paris. Collection of all the monuments and buildings burned and destroyed by the Paris Commune", 1871. Photographs. Album comprising 21 albumin prints mounted on cardboard, some captioned and signed with the monogram P.L. in the negative. Photomontage with portraits of Communards; ruined or burnt buildings: Vendôme column after its destruction, Hôtel de Ville, Tuileries, Palais de Justice, Ministère des Finances, Palais-Royal, Légion d'Honneur, Arsenal, Grenier d'abondance, Place de la Bastille, Juillet column, Porte Saint-Martin, Docks de la Villette, Saint-Cloud, Issy, Auteuil. Images: approx. 9.5 x 12.5 cm; mounts: 21 x 26.3 cm; album: 22.4 x 28.3