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1 volume, large quarto (32 x 23.5 cm); Xp., [1]f., 160p. Half-green bradel binding with corners, smooth spine illustrated with a golden motif, brown leather title piece. Preserved original covers. Some light stains on the spine.
The book, lithographically and typographically printed by A. Chaix, is limited to 525 copies. This is one of the 500 copies on vellum (No. 236) after 25 Japanese.
Illustrated with 30 plates: five facsimiles (three double-color plates, one double black plate included in the page numbering, and one single-color plate) and 25 chromolithographs (21 by Jules Chéret, two by A. Choubrac, and two by L. Choubrac). Also includes 65 black facsimiles based on original documents, of which 36 are full-page.
This copy has wide margins. The interior is in excellent condition. The original covers have been preserved, as well as the illustrated covers and spine, all in one piece.

3rd and 4th of July, Maison de l'Iran, 65 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris VIII, Atelier Zavaroni.
1 folio oblong volume, (43.5 x 55 cm); [40] leaves. Glued spine, detachable sheets, first flexible cover with large title label, second cover of gray cardboard. The first cover and some sheets are detached (the sheets marked with an asterisk in the detailed content below are detached).
Amazing album containing approximately 65 drawings of different sizes, seven photographs (including photographs of a model), and eleven reproductions of drawings, all presenting a vast project for a modern residential village in Iran in a very graphic style.
Detailed content of the album:
1 blank leaf.
Two pencil drawings. A view and a plan of the village with indications on the plan of orchards, dwellings, center, culture, water, mills, and wind direction.
Two pencil drawings. Plans of a city built around a central axis.
Pencil drawing. Section of a housing unit and plans for a village centered around the mosque.
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