Exposition internationale du théatre & de la musique : de juillet à novembre 1896, Palais de l'industrie
This is a trade exhibition catalogue from the 1896 international theatre and music exhibition held at the Palais de l'Industrie in Paris, compiled by several named authors and aimed at theatre and music trades. The pictures are mostly advertising plates from French firms: an engraved factory view with a Parmentier address, a blackletter 'Fontes d'Art' type heading, and a decorative trade card for a Ш·Ẽ Janin-style foundry-type maker showing ornamental scrollwork and figures. A designer could take from them the period's engraved factory vignettes, blackletter display lettering, and dense Art Nouveau-era scroll ornament.
