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RARE MENU, PRINTED ON A PHOTOCARD REPRESENTING A DRAWING OF THE EIFFEL TOWER, from\u00a0Lunch offered to the Parisian press by Mr Eiffel.<\/em><\/p>\n

It includes this autograph dedication signed by Gustave Eiffel<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"Remembrance of 4 July 1888
\npresented to Mr Lepelletier
\nG. Eiffel<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This lunch was organised by the architect on the day of the inauguration of the second floor of the Eiffel Tower and \"It was on this platform that, on 4 July 1888, Mr Eiffel invited a hundred or so representatives of the Paris press to lunch. At the time, no foreigner had ever made the ascent, and the guests at this grand premiere were :<\/em>
\nMessrs H\u00e9brard, President of the Syndicat de la presse parisienne; Berger, Director of Exhibition Operations; Paul Strauss, Charles Laurent, Alphonse Humbert, Albiot, de L\u00e9ris, Rouy, Secretary of the Syndicat de la presse, Francisque Sarcey, Valentin Simond, Henri Simon, Eug\u00e8ne Mayer, Henry Maret, Joseph Reinach, Gustave Simon, Jules Lermina, Sauvestre, the Tower's architect; Jules Comte, Director of Civil Buildings; Vaudoyer, Exhibition architect; Edmond Lepelletier,<\/strong> Gustave Batiau, Edgard H\u00e9ment, Robert Hyenne, Gaston Carie, A. Lenoir, Camille Dreyfus, Marc, Grisier, Bertol-Graivil, Cahen, Lordon, F\u00e9lix Dunal, Brunet, Ozun, Fleurant, Aubry, Niel, Fernand Bourgeat, Liouville, Hip-peau, Camille Le Senne, and the representative from Le Figaro, etc., etc.<\/em>\" (Petit Journal,<\/em> 1889)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Louis-Emile Durandelle immortalised the event by photographing the entire group of journalists; the now-famous photograph is now in the Mus\u00e9e d'Orsay.<\/p>\n

Born in the Batignolles district of Paris, Edmond Pelletier (1846 - 1913) was a journalist, poet and politician. Very close to Paul Verlaine, he was the first biographer of the author of the Po\u00e8mes saturniens, <\/em>and even met Arthur Rimbaud on three occasions.
\nVerlaine dedicated a poem to her that began as follows: My oldest surviving friend \/ Of a group of ghosts already \/ Dancing like atoms \/ In the moonlight ahead.<\/em><\/p>\n

This menu, printed for the guests in an edition of around one hundred copies, is now extremely rare.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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