La Croix de guerre de la ville de Paris. Paris pendant la guerre. Le bombardement. L'hommage au général Galliéni. WEISS (René), A. KLING et D. FLORENTIN, 1921 [AND] La Ville de Paris et les Fêtes de la Victoire, 13-14 Juillet 1919, WEISS, ReneWEISS, Rene

Imprimerie Nationale, 1920 and 1921. Hardcover. two volumes, 4to, each vol 33 cms (13 ins) x 24.5 cms (9.5 ins), xvi,498pp and xvi;132,[i]pp, title page printed red, sepia and black with armorial device, numerous plans, engravings, facsimile documents and illustrations throughout- all present in both volumes as called for, marbled endpapers, with the binders additional inner parchment endpapers, decorated heads and tails to chapter and decorated capitals, light spotting to the edges of a few plates, however, text overall very clean, binding: very fine matching full vellum by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with their stamps on upper margin of verso of ffeps, bevelled edges, inner gilt rules, gilt rules to boards, contrasting labels with title etc gilt, very firm, a beautiful edition. Please note: this is a very heavy item and will incur an increase in cost of postage.Notes: Both volumes carry the presentation inscription "V. from H. 1921". René Weiss (Isaac-René Weiss, 1875-1951), born Paris, died age 75 at Montgé-en-Goële, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France; Ancien élève de l'École normale supérieure. - Secrétaire de la présidence du Conseil municipal de Paris. - A été directeur de la Préfecture de la Seine. - Licencié ès lettres. His career was as a high ranking civil servant, however, he was also responsible for writing a number of official or semi official biographies of well known, celebrated contemporary figures as well as works on significant contemporary events, all were published by L'Imprimerie Nationale.Sangorksi and Sutcliffe: bookbinders established in London in 1901, a leading specialist in the finest examples of bookbinding and one of the world's most important firms during the 20th Century. Examples of their work are highly sought after and prized.Copies of both these volumes are to be found in Royal Collection, one of the five departments of the Royal Household.