"gutenberg Festivals" Album, Volume 1840—50 Watercolor Illustrations By E. Gluek / Published By Simon Fils

GUTENBERG FESTIVITIES
Industrial Parade in Strasbourg. Simon fils Editeur, Strasbourg, 1840.
E.O. album, Italian-style in-plano format, featuring 50 full-page illustrated plates enhanced with hand-applied color
Illustrated by Eugène Glueck
The parade showcases all the city’s trades and guilds: saddlers, glaziers, locksmiths, farriers, tinsmiths, boilermakers, gardeners, florists, weavers, tanners, brewers, and coopers, butchers, bakers, fishmongers (with live fish transported in a boat), confectioners, carpenters, masons, papermakers, lithographers (with a working press on a cart), and bookbinders and printers. It also includes plates depicting festivities in Strasbourg’s main square, including one of the “Coopers’ Dance,” all of great social interest.
Italian-style in-plano album, full marbled calfskin, covers with rolled edges. Spine and covers rubbed.