Vitali Vitaliev dusts off some pages from the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris. One of the undisputed gems of my ever-growing collection of antiquarian guide-books is the compact brick-red volume of 1900 L’Exposition et Paris au Vingtieme Siecle – Guide to the 1900 Universal Exhibition and to Paris in the 20th Century, published by the famous women’s clothes retailer Bon Marche.