Estampes & Photographies
Friday 16 October 2020 at 14:00
Salle 15 - Hôtel Drouot, 9, rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
422 lots
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99 - ITALY - "ROME IN ITS LARGE: Views, Ancient and Modern Monuments, Description, History, Institutions. Paris, Henri Charpentier Editeur, 1870, volume II. Lithographs by Philippe and Félix BENOIST. Large volume in-folio. 48.5 x 34 cm. Half-binding with corners. State B (dusty and rubbed plates; inside browning).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
100 - ITALY - ROME. "Scenografia dei piu celebri monumenti sacri e profani antiche e moderni di Roma e adiacenze disegnati dal vero e incisi dai piu distinti artisti". [Scenography of the most famous sacred and profane monuments, ancient and modern of Rome...]. Rome, Presso La Calcografia Camerale, 1864. Oblong folio album, under engraved soft cover, with 60 views of Rome engraved with etching by various artists. Very nice proofs on vellum, at all margins. Condition B (cover faded and dusty; inside fr
Estimate €200 - €300 -
101 - ROME - CATACOMBES - PETIT Savinien (1815 † 1878). Reunion of 8 original preparatory drawings and 2 trial plates on vellum, for the large lithographed album by Louis PERRET, "Catacombs of Rome" (Paris, Gide and J. Baudry Éditeurs, 1851, 6 volumes). The set includes: 3 lithographs (trial proofs), 2 watercolours, and 5 pencil and stump drawings (including the frontispiece of volume II). Noteworthy subject: "Chapel with two rooms with lights. Transversal section", watercolour and wash on pencil
Estimate €200 - €300 -
102 - ROME - CATACOMBES - PETIT Savinien (1815 † 1878). Reunion of 8 original drawings on vellum, preparatory to the large lithographed album by Louis PERRET, "Catacombs of Rome" (Paris, Gide and J. Baudry Éditeurs, 1851, 6 volumes). Plates executed notably for the vol. I (pl. 84), II (frontispiece pl., pl. 34) and III (pl. 12, 20, 26, 48). The set includes 7 pencil and stump drawings and 1 watercolour on pencil stroke. Noteworthy subject: " St Hyppolyte. Crypt. Perspective view ", pencil and stu
Estimate €200 - €300 -
103 - ROME - CATACOMBES - PETIT Savinien (1815 † 1878). Reunion of 19 original drawings on vellum, preparatory to Louis PERRET's large lithographed album, "Catacombs of Rome" (Paris, Gide and J. Baudry Éditeurs, 1851, 6 volumes). Plates executed notably for Vol. I (pl. 30, 31, 45, 52), vol. II (pl. 61), vol. III (pl. 10, 26, 41, 43, 46), vol. V (pl. 7, 50). The set consists of 5 watercolours and 14 pencil drawings (some with stump). Noteworthy subject: "Chapel with two rooms and light fixtures" (
Estimate €500 - €600 -
104 - ROME - CATACOMBES - PETIT Savinien (1815 † 1878). Reunion of 13 original drawings on vellum, preparatory to Louis Perret's large lithographed album, "Catacombs of Rome" (Paris, Gide and J. Baudry Éditeurs, 1851, 6 volumes). Plates executed notably for volumes I (pl. 34 bis, 60, 72, 74, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81 and 82) and IV (Pl. 22). The set includes 12 pencil drawings (some with stump), and 1 watercolour, Indian ink and wash on pencil stroke. Noteworthy subject: "St. Helena. Longitudinal sectio
Estimate €300 - €400 -
105 - ROME - CATACOMBES - PETIT Savinien (1815 † 1878). Reunion of 9 original drawings on vellum, preparatory to the large lithographed album by Louis PERRET, "Catacombs of Rome" (Paris, Gide and J. Baudry Éditeurs, 1851, 6 volumes). Plates produced in particular for volumes I (pl. 22, 65) and III (pl. 22, 33, 54). The set includes 6 watercolours on pencil strokes, and 3 pencil and stump drawings. Some of the subjects are executed on tracing paper applied on vellum. Notable subjects: "Ornaments o
Estimate €200 - €300 -
106 - ROME - CATACOMBES - PETIT Savinien (1815 † 1878). Reunion of 8 original drawings on vellum, preparatory to the large lithographed album by Louis PERRET, "Catacombs of Rome" (Paris, Gide and J. Baudry Éditeurs, 1851, 6 volumes). Plates produced in particular for volumes I (pl. 18 and 51) and III (pl. 11, 15, 21, 34 and 45). The set includes 4 pencil and stump drawings, and 4 watercolours on pencil lines. Some of the subjects are executed on tracing paper applied on vellum. Notable subjects:
Estimate €200 - €300 -
107 - ITALY - MILAN - ARCHITECTURAL VIEW. "Il Duomo di Milano". Circa 1840. Aquatint. Nice proof on vellum. Leaf trimmed inside the stroke. 61.5 x 77 cm (sheet). Condition B (slightly oxidized leaf; two small accidents at the head; small light freckles).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
108 - ITALY - NAPLES - ARCHITECTURAL VIEW. "General view of the Temple of Saint Francis of Paola". 1824. Etching and burin by Pietro RUGA and Giuseppe MOCHETTI. Proof on vellum. 60 x 91 cm (sheet). Usual median vertical fold. Condition B/C (handling folds, freckles and stains; folds broken at the upper and lower right angles; some marginal tears restored).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
109 - ITALY - MILAN - OPTICAL VIEW - Middle of the XVIIIth century "The Cathedral and Church of Saint Ambrose in the city of Milan" (Collection of Prospects). Etching and stencil colours. Legends in German and French. Proof on laid paper, trimmed above the title and under the tablet. Small lateral margins. 29 x 43.2 cm (sheet). Usual vertical median fold. Condition C (freckles, traces of dampness).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
110 - PORTUGAL - "Recueil des plus belles ruines de LISBONNE causées par le Tremblement et par le feu du premier Novembre 1755", drawn on the spot by MM. Paris and Pedegache, and engraved in Paris by Jacques Philippe LE BAS (Paris 1707 † 1783), painter and engraver of the King's Cabinet in 1757, with the King's privilege. COMPLETE FOLLOW-UP OF 7 PLANKS (including the title page) engraved with etching and burin. Proofs on laid paper. All with margins. Titles: Tower of S. ROCH vulgarly named TOUR DU
Estimate €300 - €400 -
111 - LUXEMBOURG - Castle around Orval (Duchy of Luxembourg). c.1860. Original lithograph in colours by Jean-Pierre Thénot (1803-1857). Proof on wove paper, printed by Godard in Paris and bearing the stamp of the publisher N.D. Kauffman (Quai des Augustins, Paris). 35.5 x 51 cm. Condition B (trace of wetness and some freckles in the margins not reaching the subject).
Estimate €40 - €60 -
112 - GERMANY - CARD "GERMANIAE Veteris, typus", by Abraham ORTELIUS. 1587. Card engraved with privilege. Layered paper. Ancient color. Latin text typed on the back. Margins. 41.5 x 53 cm. Condition C (Cracked and torn paper on the right side of the map, sunken, a few stains and original median vertical fold).
Estimate €150 - €300 -
113 - SWEDEN - ADVERTISING FOLLOWER for an EXHIBITION on SWEDEN - "Come and leaf through SWEDEN at the Exhibition "Sweden", Palais de Glace (Paris) from May 6 to 29" Illustrated with black and white photographs, Map of Sweden in colour on the cover. About 27 x 10 cm (rounded format). Condition A (Nice condition).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
114 - TURKEY - TRAVEL BOOK, 32pp. Hardcover (20 x 14.5cm), in French. Illustrated with photographs, cover and colour map of Turkey after H. ARMAN. Printed in Italy by A. Pizzi. (Milan). Condition A (Good condition).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
115 - TURKEY - CONSTANTINOPLE - BIRD VIEW - 18th century... AVELINE Pierre (1656 † 1722). "Constantinople. City of Romania and capital of the Turkish Empire". Etching. Proof on watermarked laid paper, with the address of Charpentier. 34.7 x 52 cm (sheet). Condition C (trimmed square line print; rub marks; corner restorations; a short tear on the right side restored on the back).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
116 - TURKEY - CONSTANTINOPLE - BIRD'S EYE VIEW. 1714. "Constantinopolen". Etching and burin. Good margins. 30 x 35.5 cm (sheet). Condition A/B (rubbing along the centre fold).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
117 - MAP OF FRANCE - Early 19th c. BARBIÉ DU BOCAGE Jean-Denis (1760 † 1825). "Carte typo-geographique" (not put on the market), patented by FIRMIN-DIDOT. 1823. Colour printing on vellum. 48.5 x 54 cm (sheet). All margins, not trimmed. Condition B (freckles and traces of oxidation in the margins; tiny pinholes in the head and foot). Rare.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
118 - CARTES DE FRANCE - 18th c. BRION DE LA TOUR Louis (circa 1743 † 1803). "FRANCE, Considered from all the main points of view that form THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL TABLE of this Kingdom". In Paris, at the home of the author and the widow Chéreau, 1767. Album in-folio presented in sheets, and composed of 27 maps (2 missing). Title page giving the table of maps, divided in 3 parts (military, civil and ecclesiastical). Eaux-fortes. Nice raised verge proofs (except the title), all margins. 42 x
Estimate €400 - €500 -
119 - PLAN DE PARIS from 1590 - "Pareis vom Konig Navarro be legert, und entsazt durch den Prince von Parma". Etching. Layered paper. Reference: Boutier, Les plans de Paris, n°23. This rare elevation plan of Paris, was probably made according to the plan of Braun and Hogenberg. It is part of a set of engravings, first published separately, then gathered together in a collection called "Hogenbergs Geschichtsblätter" and published in Cologne or Antwerp. 26.5 x 36 cm. Condition A (Small gaps and short
Estimate €300 - €400 -
120 - PARIS - La SEINE - The West of Paris, View from the Pont Royal. c.1860. Colour lithograph by Jean-Pierre Thénot (1803-1857). Proof on wove paper, printed by Lemercier in Paris and stamped by the publisher Kauffman (Quai des Augustins, Paris). Signed in the plate. Margins. 36 x 51 cm. Condition A (Traces of wetness in the upper margin and rare freckles scattered in the sky).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
121 - PARIS & ses Environs - ALBUM comprising 20 BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF PARIS - "Selection of Twenty of the most Picturesque, Views in Paris, and its environs, Drawn and etched in the Year 1802 by the late Thomas GIRTIN; Being the only etchings of that celebrated artist: And aquatinted in exact, Imitation of the Original Drawings, in the Collection of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Essex". Complete album of his 20 plates based on the drawings of Thomas Girtin (London 1775-1802), engraved in etching by Girtin an
Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
122 - PARIS (75) - PANORAMIC VIEW - "Panorama of Paris, Taken from the Notre-Dame Towers". 1st half of the XIXth c. Etching and aquatint by Frédéric MARTEENS (Venice 1806 † 1885 Paris) after Anna SCHMIDT (1826 † 1901). Nice proof on vellum, edited by Henri Rittner. Margins. 32 x 98 cm (sheet). Condition B/C (Traces of vertical folds. Small tears and marginal accidents. Restorations).
Estimate €200 - €250 -
123 - PARIS (75) - PLAN - Beginning of the XIXth c. "New road plan, of the City and suburbs of Paris, divided into Twelve Town Halls". 1808. Proof on vergé, with the address of Journeaux l'ainé, in Paris. Condition B/C. Sheet slightly yellowed and formerly folded. Small lacks in the lower right-hand corner. Unlined.
Estimate €100 - €150 -
124 - PARIS (75). "WORLD'S FAIR, PARIS, 1900". Folding guide, presenting the various monuments of the universal exhibition of 1900, under red embossed conversion of the time. Small volume in-octo (18.5 x 14 cm). Condition B (rubbed cover, gilding of the title partly reached).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
125 - PARIS (75) - VIEW OF LA FOLIE BEAUJON, former amusement park. "La Vogue des montagnes, or the Aerial Mountains of the Beaujon Garden". 1817. Etching and dotted line engraving in colors. Watercoloured print on strong vellum, edited by Martinet in Paris. Trimmed on 3 sides. 25.8 x 34.5 cm (sheet). Condition B (handling folds, small stains, two very short marginal tears).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
126 - PARIS (75) - OPTICAL VIEW OF THE FOLIE BEAUJON, former amusement park. "View of the aerial mountains, called French mountains". 1817. Etching and stencil colors. Proof on laid paper. Small irregular margins. 27 x 38.5 cm (sheet). Condition C (trimmed margin on the square headline, handling folds, small pits, smudges).
Estimate €60 - €80 -
127 - PARIS (75) - VIEW OF THE FIRST RUSSIAN MOUNTAINS IN PARIS, place des Ternes. "Public gardens of the roller coaster and the Panstéréorama". Around 1816. Anonymous aquatint, signed "J.B.V". Proof on vellum, raised. Small margins. 38.5 x 53.7 cm (sheet). Condition C (yellowed leaf, freckles, marginal broken folds and manpulation folds).
Estimate €100 - €120 -
128 - PARIS (75) - MISCELLANEOUS VIEWS OF PARIS FROM THE XVIIth AND XVIIIth C. Views of the Saint Bernard Gate, the Pont Neuf, the Palais du Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe, the Fountain of the Innocents, the Mint, the Place Vendôme, the Place Dauphine on the Boulevard du Temple, the Arsenal, the churches of Saint Etienne and Saint Geneviève. Eaux-fortes. Proofs on vergé, some enhanced. Small formats. Condition B. Set of 14 pl.
Estimate €180 - €200 -
129 - PARIS (75) - MISCELLANEOUS VIEWS OF PARIS FROM THE XIXth AND XXth c. A strong lot, including views of Notre-Dame, the Pont Neuf, the Law Courts, the Sainte Chapelle, the Place de la Concorde, the Royal Palace, the Conciergerie, the Café Tortoni. Etchings, drypoints, lithographs, watercolours (x2) and offset prints (8 plates after Jean CARZOU). Various formats. Condition B. Set of 28 p.
Estimate €100 - €120 -
130 - VERSAILLES (78) - BIRD'S EYE VIEW. SEUTTER Mattheus (Augsburg, Germany, 1678 - 1757). "Versailles, the most delightful and magnificent palace in the Ile de France, built by order of Louis XIV King of France..." [title in French and then in German]. Around 1740. etching and period colours on stencil. Nice proof on laid paper. Usual vertical median fold. Margins. 58 x 51 cm (sheet, at sight). Wooden frame and passe-partout. (Unexamined engraving outside its frame). Condition A.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
131 - MAP OF CORSICA (20) - MERCATOR, G. - "CORSCICA". Amsterdam, 1623. Engraving. Layered paper. Latin text on the back. Margins. 40.5 x 28 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
132 - CORSICA (20) - MAP - End of the 16th century. "Corsica". Map drawn up by Abraham ORTELIUS (Antwerp 1527 † 1598). Etching. Proof on laid paper, enhanced with watercolour. Small margins, unbalanced. 19 x 25.4 cm (sheet). Condition B (remnants of miter on reverse).
Estimate €200 - €250 -
133 - CORSICA (20) - MAP - End of the 16th century. "Corsica". Map established by Abraham ORTELIUS (1527 † 1598). Etching. Proof on laid paper, enhanced with watercolour. Unbalanced margins (large margins at the head and right edge; margins trimmed to 5 mm from the square line at the foot and left edge). 23 x 28 cm (sheet). Condition B (slight marginal staining).
Estimate €200 - €250 -
134 - CALVADOS (14) - NORMANDY - "Our Lady of Grace in HONFLEUR". c.1947. Original wood engraved by Jean CHIEZE (1898 † 1975). Nice artist's proof on wove paper, dedicated "Pour Madame et Monsieur Georges de France en hommage et en cordial souvenir", dated "14 sept 47" and signed in grey pencil by the artist. 42 x 31,5 cm. Condition A (Good condition).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
135 - CALVADOS (14) - NORMANDY - "Geometrical plan (manuscript) for the survey of a piece of land named l'Arc à la Courtois, situated in VILLERS-CANIVET, belonging to Mrs Veuve RIDEL, containing sixty-four ares, twenty-six centiares or 125 poles 81 centiperches; survey of its requisition by me, Surveyor of the Town of FALAISE, undersigned, on 21 7bre 1821 / (signed) AUBERT géomètre". Brown ink and watercolour. Layered paper. 30 x 45 cm. State B (Traces of handling and median vertical fold).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
136 - HERAULT (34) - MONTPELLIER - "View of the PEYROU PLACE of Montpellier as it was in 1787". Drawn and engraved by Mrs ALBERT née DONNADIEU. Margins. 35.5 x 76 cm with the frame. Condition A (Two small freckles in the subject, Unexamined engraving outside the frame).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
137 - LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE (44) - "LE CROISIC". XIXth. Watercolor, on vellum paper. Situated and signature (unidentified) in pencil at the bottom right. 26 x 36 cm. Condition B (Scattered light freckles).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
138 - "DAUPHINE - SAVOIE, Map published by the Syndicat général des Alpes françaises", Ed: Etablissement topographique J. SCHLUMPF, Winterthur. Winterthur, Switzerland. Late 19th century. Colour printing. Margins. 61 x 50 cm. State A.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
139 - HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) - CHAMONIX - LE MONT-BLANC in summer - POSTER "Valley of CHAMONIX - MONT-BLANC, France". c.1970. Nice colour poster illustrated after Louis KOLLER (1904†1978). 62,5 x 78 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
140 - MONT-BLANC - PHOTOGRAPHICAL SHOWCASE "Mont-Blanc, Versante Est/Face Est/Esat Face/Ost Seite". According to COSSON (Hasselblade). Promoter MONTE BIANCO. 67.5 x 97 cm. State A.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
141 - MONT-BLANC - Late 18th century. TÖPFFER Adam (1766 †1847). "Profile of the Mont-Blanc and the Mountains bordering the Allée-Blanche, taken from the Ferrez valley". 1785. Etching after Francesco BARTOLOZZI (1727 † 1815). Plate from the book by Horace Bénédict de SAUSSURE, "Voyages dans les Alpes" (Fauche, Barde, Manget & Cie, Neuchâtel, Geneva, 1779-1796). Proof on thin laid paper. Unbalanced margins. 28.3 x 54.5 cm (sheet). Condition B (horizontal fold and normal vertical folds; remnant
Estimate €100 - €120 -
142 - HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) - CHAMONIX - PHOTOGRAPHY by Pierre TAIRRAZ (1933-2000) - [Glacier]. Photograph in black & white glued in full on a wooden panel bearing on the back the stamp "Photograph P. Tairraz / Chamonix / Reproduction prohibited / S.P.A Paris". 59 x 49 cm. Condition C (Numerous accidents, epidermis and scratches...).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
143 - THE ALPS - MOUNTAIN - XIXth. Anonymous lithograph, printed in colour and enhanced with watercolour. Strong vellum paper. 21 x 29 cm. Condition A (Slight stain on the upper corners).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
144 - THE ALPS - MOUNTAIN - XIXth. Lithograph, printed in colours and enhanced with watercolours. Strong vellum paper. Signed "A. Duruy" in the lower left corner of the plate. 21 x 29 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
145 - VAL D'OISE - ENGHIEN-LES-BAINS - View taken at Enghien (near Paris). c.1860. Lithograph by Jean-Pierre Thénot (1803-1857). Proof on wove paper, printed by Godard in Paris and stamped by the publisher Kauffman (Quai des Augustins, Paris). Signed in the plate. Margins. 36 x 51 cm. Condition A (Trace of wetness in the upper margin and short tear in the lower margin).
Estimate €50 - €80 -
146 - PLANISPHERES - 18th c. "WORLD MAP, OR DESCRIPTION OF THE EARTH GLOBE, subject to astronomical observations". 1762. Etching. Map drawn by Jean JANVIER, geographer. Proof on vergé, raised. 34.5 x 48 cm (sheet). Frame. Attached: 2 other 18th c. planispheric engravings. Condition C (Insolated framed print; handling folds on the other two proofs). Set of 3 pl.
Estimate €80 - €120 -
147 - AEROSTATION - MONTGOLFIERE - "Experiment of the AEROSTATIC GLOBE of MM. Charles and Robert made in the Jardin des Thuilleries on the Basin in front of the Castle on December 1st, 1783, View taken from the Castle's Grid". Engraved with etching by Antoine Louis François SERGENT (1751-1847). Proof on Van Gelder Zonen laid paper. Slightly late edition. Margins. 23 x 17 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
148 - AEROSTATION - MONTGOLFIERE - "Mgr. the Duke of CHARTRES and the Duke of Fitz Jame sign the Minutes recording the arrival of Messrs Charles & Robert in the Nesle Meadow near Hedouville". Engraved with etching by Antoine Louis François SERGENT (1751-1847). Proof on Van Gelder Zonen laid paper. Slightly late edition. Margins. 23 x 16.5 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €80 - €100
About the sale
Engravings & ESTAMPES
Friday 16 October 2020 14:00
Room 15 - Drouot-Richelieu, 9, rue Drouot 75009 Paris
Exhibitions:
Thursday, October 15, 2020 from 11H - 20H
Friday, October 16, from 11H - 12H
Sales expenses 28% VAT incl.
Friday 16 October 2020 14:00
Room 15 - Drouot-Richelieu, 9, rue Drouot 75009 Paris
Exhibitions:
Thursday, October 15, 2020 from 11H - 20H
Friday, October 16, from 11H - 12H
Sales expenses 28% VAT incl.
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