PH1979:0607
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Album titled 'Vues de Paris prises au Daguerréotype. Daziaro 15 boulevart [sic] des Italiens'. The name Daziaro refers to the print merchant from Saint Petersburg, in Paris. The title page reads: 'Collection de vues de Paris prises au daguerréotype. Gravures en taille douce sur acier par Chamouin'. It shows 25 steel engravings for which daguerreotypes were used as references, of views of Paris (and one of Versailles). It is an example of an early use of photography to make iconographical illustrations. The monuments of Paris portrayed in this album are Place de la Concorde, Palais du Sénat, Hôtel de Ville, Fontaine de la Place Louvois, Château des Tuileries, Église St.-Germain l'Auxerrois, Palais royal, La Bourse, Pont Neuf, Arc de Triomphe, Église de la Madeleine, École militaire et Champ de Mars, Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Château de Versailles, Palais du Corps législatif et Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Louvre, Église Notre-Dame, Fontaine Molière, Colonne de la Place Vendôme, Colonne de Juillet, Dôme des Invalides, Panthéon and Église Saint-Sulpice.
architecture
ca. 1855
Vues de Paris prises au Daguerréotype
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PH1979:0607
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Album titled 'Vues de Paris prises au Daguerréotype. Daziaro 15 boulevart [sic] des Italiens'. The name Daziaro refers to the print merchant from Saint Petersburg, in Paris. The title page reads: 'Collection de vues de Paris prises au daguerréotype. Gravures en taille douce sur acier par Chamouin'. It shows 25 steel engravings for which daguerreotypes were used as references, of views of Paris (and one of Versailles). It is an example of an early use of photography to make iconographical illustrations. The monuments of Paris portrayed in this album are Place de la Concorde, Palais du Sénat, Hôtel de Ville, Fontaine de la Place Louvois, Château des Tuileries, Église St.-Germain l'Auxerrois, Palais royal, La Bourse, Pont Neuf, Arc de Triomphe, Église de la Madeleine, École militaire et Champ de Mars, Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Château de Versailles, Palais du Corps législatif et Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Louvre, Église Notre-Dame, Fontaine Molière, Colonne de la Place Vendôme, Colonne de Juillet, Dôme des Invalides, Panthéon and Église Saint-Sulpice.
ca. 1855
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99 pages illustrations, folded color map 25 cm
[London] 1938.
The Senate House and Library.
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99 pages illustrations, folded color map 25 cm
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[London] 1938.
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62 pages ; 22 cm
[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1865]
In the Senate of the United States Mr. Buckalew submitted the following report : the Joint Senate Committee of the two houses of Congress appointed ... to examine into the present condition of the Senate chamber and hall of the House of Representatives, as regards lighting, heating, and ventilation, and their acoustic properties, and the defects and disadvantages existing in the same, make the following report ...
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62 pages ; 22 cm
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[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1865]
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44 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1892]
Mr. Vest, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, presented the following Report ... [On the examination of the sanitary condition of the Capitol under Senate resolution of March 22 and April 12, 1892.].
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44 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1892]
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11 pages ; 23 cm
[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1857]
In the Senate of the United States ... Mr. Wright made the following report : a resolution having been passed by the Senate during its last session, instructing the Committee on Manufactures to inquire how far it would be practicable and expedient for the government to employ iron as a building material in the construction of the various edifices necessary in the conduct of the administration of its affairs, your committee beg leave to report ...
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11 pages ; 23 cm
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[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1857]
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14 pages ; 23 cm
[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1860]
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the marble columns for the Capitol extension.
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14 pages ; 23 cm
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[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1860]
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[2], 24 pages ; 21 cm
Cambridge : Printed by J. Smith, Printer to the University, 1831.
An appeal to the Senate, on the subject of the plans for the University Library : By William Wilkins.
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[2], 24 pages ; 21 cm
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Cambridge : Printed by J. Smith, Printer to the University, 1831.
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17 pages ; 23 cm
[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1837]
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[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1837]
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8 pages ; 22 cm
[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1856]
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[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1856]
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254 pages ; 23 cm
[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1860]
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[Washington] : [G.P.O.], [1860]