Emile Soldi — Les Arts Mãâ©Connus
Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1881. Leather. A beautiful second edition of anthropological exhibition pieces in the Trocadero Museum. With four-hundred illustrations. Housed in the Trocadero Palace in Paris, the Museum Ethnographique des Missions Scientifiques was founded in 1878. The large amount of anthropological artefacts brought back to France by explorers was exhibited under the direction of Emile Soldi. This temporary exhibition was such a success that it was made permanent by the French government. To garner interest in the museum, Soldi published this book describing some of the fine pieces and lost artwork displayed. In a fine quarter morocco binding with gilt detail. Externally, smart with light rubbing. Library mark to spine. Ex libris bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, bar some light spotting. Library stamp to dedication page. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .
