Paris City Hall. Festivities and ceremonies on the occasion of the birth and christening of His Highness the Prince Imperial. Paris, Charles de Mourgues Frères, 1860. Gr. in-folio (51,6 x 41 cm), half midnight blue chagrin with small corners, blue percaline boards framed with a double cold fillet, large gilt and crowned coat of arms of the city of Paris, with the motto "Fluctuat nec mergitur", stamped on the first board, spine ribbed with gilt title (Period binding). Partly mounted on tabs. Photo-reportage of imperial festivities. Edition decorated with 12 photographic reproductions printed on albumen paper by Richebourg, including 3 frontispieces and 9 views depicting the festivities. As well as a report on the festivities, the work includes the minutes of the municipal deliberations required for the preparations. Limited edition of 102 copies, including 2 reserved for the Empress and the Bibliothèque de la Ville de Paris. A fine copy in a binding embossed with the coat of arms of the city of Paris and its motto, "Fluctuat nec mergitur". Some minor rubbing to the binding. Some foxing, including to the photographs, small angular loss to the first endpaper, split to the mitre of the first frontispiece. Provenance Osenat sale, Christopher Forbes Collection, 6 March 2016, lot n° 32.