Author: anonymous
Publisher: Published in Paris.
Year: 7 Mai 1898
Size: 1) 13.2 x 10 cm; 2) 13.3 x 10.2 cm; 3) 15.3 x 22.1 cm; on full page
Reference: Lietz, The Philippines in the 19th Century, p.110 [but similar, and in " L'Illustration"]
1. Le Commodore Dewey, Cheg de L’Escadre – Américaine. 2. L’Amiral Montojo, Chef de L’Escadre Espagnole. 3. Manille – Vue de la Ville et du Port.
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Description
RARE frontispiece hand-coloured photoprint from ‘L’Illustration, Journal Universel’ No. 2880 – 56e Année’; text on verso.
This weekly French magazine, founded by Edouard Charton, was published in Paris from 1843 to 1944. L’Illustration became the first French newspaper to publish a photograph in 1891 and a colour photograph in 1907. The magazine was shut down in 1944 following the Liberation of Paris. Another version re-opened in 1945 under the name France-Illustration, but went bankrupt in 1957.
Condition
Very good to excellent condition.
