Document·34 CDF art. 168-4·29 June 1950

Estimate for four-colour copper plates and halftone reproductionsRousset, Ruckert Clichés Union Gillot

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Typed in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 1 of document 34 CDF art. 168-4 (Estimate for four-colour copper plates and halftone reproductions), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 168-4, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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Printed: CLICHÉS UNION logo with circular emblems reading "GILLOT", "ROUSSET RUCKERT" and "Ruck"

[printed: CLICHÉS UNION LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WITH CAPITAL OF 25.000.000 FRS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FORMER ESTABLISHMENTS GILLOT - ROUSSET - RUCKERT REGISTERED OFFICE. 6 BIS AND 8 RUE DE LA GROTTE - PARIS 15th TEL. VAUGIRARD 50-40 - LECOURBE 99-10 POSTAL BOX No. 60 - PARIS 15th TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: CLICHUNION-PARIS TRADE REGISTER SEINE 253.212 B Acct. POSTAL CHEQUES: PARIS 1717-93 O. P. I. A. C. L. No. 52.0037 FACTORIES IN PARIS RUE DE LA GROTTE RUE DU PÈRE CORENTIN (FORMERLY RUE DE LA VOIE VERTE) - RUE D'UZÉS FACTORIES IN ANGERS - LILLE - MARSEILLE BORDEAUX - STRASBOURG]

[printed: FORMER HOUSES BLOCK-MAKERS FERY BOISSET 14, RUE SUGER FOUNDED IN 1840

BLOCK-MAKERS MORIN FORMER HOUSE BUISSON 68, 70bis RUE BONAPARTE

BLOCK-MAKERS SÉNAC D'ERSU SUCCESSOR 7, RUE DU POT DE FER]

PARIS, 29 June 1950

Commandant SCHAEFFER "The White Castle" 14, rue Turgot, St-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE (Seine-et-Oise)

CJ/CV

Estimate No. 5036/37

Commandant,

Further to the information you gave us during your recent visit, we confirm below our estimate for the work you are considering:

- 1º/ 2 four-colour blocks on copper from autochromes supplied by you, zone 14, approx. frs....... 100.000.-

- 2º/ halftone reproduction square on zinc of 75 plates "miscellaneous objects", dimensions 205 x 160 m/m, approximate price, frs.... 318.525.-

The plates will be supplied mounted, i.e. photos and texts in place.

At your service, please accept, Commandant, the expression of our distinguished sentiments.

Handwritten: signature

Encl.- plate returned that you had sent us for the preparation of this estimate.

Printed: All our invoices, drawn up at official rates and under the conditions of the Chambres Syndicales de la Photogravure... (small-print conditions of sale, illegible in full)

[printed: PHOTOENGRAVING — ELECTROTYPING — STEREOTYPING — PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY — OFF-SET TYPOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF ADVERTISEMENTS — MONOTYPE COMPOSITION]

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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