325 - [1937 PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION].

[1937 PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION]. Plans and graphic documents. Directorate of Architectural Services and Public Spaces. [Atlas]. Paris, (Imprimerie Nationale), (1938–1941). Large folio, loose-leaf, 100 plates printed on thick paper, in a sturdy cardboard folder with laces provided by the publisher (lower corners slightly split, edges slightly oxidized, cardboard cover slightly rubbed but interior remains fresh). Description: Rare atlas from the General Report of the 1937 Paris International Exposition of Arts and Techniques. Limited edition of 300 copies; this one is no. 273. Complete with large black heliogravure photographs by Kollar, Baranger, Duprat, Chevojon, Flaugergues, Nobécourt, Collas, and O’Doyé.... Some are full-page, including several fold-out pages, featuring views of the exhibition, aerial shots, and nighttime views of Paris... Supplemented by several color maps and charts, as well as two small panoramic chromolithographs of overseas views, mounted on the pages. The 1937 Paris Exposition was an attempt to ease European tensions. The decorative rivalry between Albert Speer’s German pavilion and the USSR pavilion—with its monument to workers and kolkhoz members—was already fraught with conflict. We recall Robert Mallet-Stevens’s Electricity Pavilion and the use of television. Included: Official Guest Book of the International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques in Modern Life. Paris 1937. Paris, Editions SPEC, 1938. Folio, 521 pp. Publisher’s red morocco-bound percaline, spine with faux raised bands, gilt title, gilt head (split spine and some scuffing, but interior remains in very fresh condition). Richly illustrated, published under the auspices of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. A condensed version of the General Report, which will be published between 1938 and 1941 along with our atlas (see above). General overview of the exhibition, portraits of prominent figures, and a review of the sections, including the Palais de l’Air, the Eiffel Tower, the Trocadéro, the Palais de l’Aviation, and the Overseas Territories... A personalized copy, printed for André Granet, architect and prominent figure in French aeronautics.