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L'exposition universelle de 1889 : grand ouvrage illustré historique, encyclopédique, descriptif publié sous le patronage de M. le ministre du Commerce, de l'Industrie et des Colonies Commissaire Général de l'Exposition

Monod, E. (Émile) · 1890 · Paris : E. Dentu, Éditeur Libraire de la Société des Gens de Lettres · 1 picture

This is a Paris world's fair souvenir survey, published in 1890 by E. Dentu and compiled by Émile Monod for a French readership, documenting the 1889 Exposition Universelle with historical, encyclopedic and descriptive coverage. Its engraving shows four young Javanese dancers in ornate headdresses and patterned sarongs posed before a timber pavilion, the figures arranged in a lively diagonal that suggests a model for costume, folk-dress or ethnographic display layouts.

Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France)

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