Album Castel Béranger original

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1. La merveille…
   … Et quel prix !

   Mais qu’en faire… ?

   A noter les vases chalmont sur l’une des pages (sèvres). Une vraie mine semble-t-il…

   Difficile de donner une valeur à un tel objet, non ? Ce pourrait être 2200 comme 17000…
   Je me demande si Ebay est le bon support…

   Ce serait fantastique que le cercle guimard puisse en diffuser le contenu.

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   1. En effet, un petit trésor.
      Mais bon, à 4900 euros, je passe mon tour.

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2. Sorry for writing in English. I can read French at a reasonable level, but for writing it, it just takes to much time for me (even with Google Translate).

   This book seemed like a very nice thing to me. But just how many books like this were made? I found a reference here (http://lecercleguimard.fr/fr/hector-guimard-architecte/actualites/ ) that might imply that only a few dozen were made. Does anyone know? Where can I find more info about this collection of drawings/photo’s?

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   1. I don’t know how many of this book has been published, sorry.

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   2. Normally, not more than 500.

      The technic of printing will need a second « planche » to print more than 500, which is too costly and un necessary to print.

      But this number of 500 is only a reference number, and is for the years 1920-1930. Considering the time of publication, the number should be considerably less than 500. This reference is from an article about « Portfolios » in 1920s which is in the catalogue of an exposition called « 1925, quand l’Art déco séduit le monde », late 2013, in Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris.

      More info about this rare book of Guimard and about the exposition catalogue is available on the site SUDOC.

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