Catalogue De Luxe of The Department of Fine Arts Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Illustrated with One Hundred and Ninety-Two Reproductions of Paintings, Sculpture, Other Exhibits and Views of The Palace of Fine Arts. In Two Volumes. [Limited Edition #27/176 Copies]

Catalogue De Luxe of The Department of Fine Arts Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Illustrated with One Hundred and Ninety-Two Reproductions of Paintings, Sculpture, Other Exhibits and Views of The Palace of Fine Arts. In Two Volumes. [Limited Edition #27/176 Copies]

Author: Trask, John E.D. and Laurvik, J. Nilsen (Eds.)

4to.(8" x 10.875")1915. Trask, John E.D. and Laurvik, J. Nilsen (Eds.). San Francisco. Paul Elder and Company. 2 volumes. Quarter vellum with tiny corners over brown paper boards, upper with embossed architectural design centered to board, rear blank. Vellum spine with gilt title/authors/vol# towards head, gilt publisher at foot. Top edge gilt, rough cut pages, brown endpapers. Minor edgewear, Vol.I with soiled spine, rear board with stains and paint spots (see pic). Vol.II with a couple of dings to the bottom of the boards, chipping to some board edges. Some light off-setting to pages opposite plates, some toning to page edges, otherwise a Fine set of books. Lacking DJ's. A beautiful set of books, with almost 200 images of exceptional art. Attestation Page States: This First Edition of The Catalogue de Luxe of The Department of Fine Arts, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Is Limited to Twenty-Four Lettered Copies and One Thousand Numbered Copies, For Sale. One Hundred and Seventy-Six Copies, Additional, Have Been Prepared for The Official Use of The Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company. This Copy is Number 27, Official Copies.

From Wiki: The Panama–Pacific International Exposition was a world's fair held in San Francisco, California, United States, from February 20 to December 4, 1915. Its stated purpose was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, but it was widely seen in the city as an opportunity to showcase its recovery from the 1906 earthquake. The fair was constructed on a 636-acre (257-hectare) site along the northern shore, between the Presidio and Fort Mason, now known as the Marina District. Buildings from the Exposition that still stand today (other than the Palace of Fine Arts) include what is now called the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium at Civic Center Plaza and the Japanese Tea house, which was barged down the Bay to Belmont, California, and operated successively as a private residence, speakeasy, and restaurant. Also surviving are the one-third scale steam locomotives of the Overfair Railroad that operated at the Exposition. They had been maintained in working order at the Swanton Pacific Railroad Society located on Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's Swanton Ranch just north of Santa Cruz. But a forest fire swept through the area in 2020, severely damaging the railroad, which has not run since then. The Legion of Honor Museum, in Lincoln Park, was the gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, wife of the sugar magnate and thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder Adolph B. Spreckels.[21] The building is a full-scale replica of the French Pavilion from the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition, which in turn was a three-quarter-scale version of the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur also known as the Hôtel de Salm in Paris by George Applegarth and H. Guillaume. At the close of the exposition, the French government granted Spreckels permission to construct a permanent replica of the French Pavilion, but World War I delayed the groundbreaking until 1921.

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