Engravings & Prints
Monday 14 December 2020 at 13:30
9, rue de Provence, 75009 Paris
398 lots
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50 - PARIS - PLAN of "PARIS in 1670-1676". Facsimile of the plan by Bullet and Blondel, heliograved by Paul R.J. DUJARDIN (1843-1913). Plate XIX of the "Atlas des anciens plans de Paris. Facsimile reproduction of the rarest and most interesting originals for the history of Parisian topography". From the Imprimerie Nationale, edition circa 1870. 105 x 136 cm. Condition C (Covered plate, stains).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
51 - PARIS - IMAGERIE D'EPINAL, Fabrique de PELLERIN - "DEFENSE DE PARIS". 19th century. Engraved wood. Colours of the period. Proof on fine vellum. Margins. 33 x 41,7 cm. Condition B (Print fold in the left margin, traces of old mounting on the back, some stains and freckles).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
52 - PARIS (75) - "PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE, View taken from the Champs-Elysées roundabout". Designed and lithographed by Jules Arnout (1814†1868), Eugène Cicéri & Eugène-Charles Guérard. Colour proof on vellum pasted in full on card stock. Printed by Lemercier, in Paris. Published by Goupil & Cie in Paris, Berlin & New York; and by E. Gambart in London. Margins. 49 x 67 cm. Condition C (Rare scratches and epiderminations in the subject, spots and traces of wetness in the margins, freckles).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
53 - PARIS (75) - ARCHITECTURAL 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 €150 - €200 -
54 - CORSICA (2A) - "PLAN DE LA BAIE D'AJACCIO, surveyed in 1878 by Mr F. HANUSSE, 2nd class hydrographic engineer, Depot of Navy maps and plans", 1880. Corrected from 1925 to 1932. Engraved line map by A. Gérin. Wove paper. Watermark: Service hydrographique de la Marine PM Arches 1933. Margins. 53 x 75cm. Condition A (Good condition).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
55 - FINISTERE (29) - MARINE MAP - THE FRENCH NEPTUNE - "3rd PARTICULAR MAP OF THE COSTS OF BRITTANY which includes MORLAIX, SAINT PAUL DE LEON, THE SEVEN ISLES and THE LOWER ISLAND, made by Order Exprez of the King of France, by Pierre MORTIER", 1693. Engraved map. Layered paper. Coloured borders. With compass rose. Margins. "French Neptune", an official enterprise in which the mathematicians and astronomers of the Academy of Sciences and the Hydrographic Engineers of the Navy collaborated, on the i
Estimate €200 - €300 -
56 - GIRONDE (33) - BORDEAUX - "View of the Pont de Bordeaux, taken from the bastide". 1st half of the 19th century. Lithograph by Jean-Baptiste J. CONSTANT, after the drawing by L. Burgade. Wove paper. Published by J.B.J Constant, Galerie Bordelaise. Margins. 35 x 53.5 cm. Condition B (Freckles).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
57 - MARNE (51) - PLACARD - CONSERVATION OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS, Extract from the Register of By-Laws of the Town Hall of the City of RHEIMS (REIMS), Session of sixteenth February 1843. Typographed. Fine vellum paper. From the Printing House of A. MACHET, Bookshop, rue Dauphine, 26, near Place Royale. Folded. 43 x 28 cm. Condition B (Traces of folds and short tears).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
58 - NORTH (59) - "PLAN de DOUAI, drawn and lithographed by Jules MORTREUX", 1846. Lithograph, on wove paper. Printed in black and green by H. Laporte, in Douai. Sold at Adolphe Obez, Douai. Rare illustrated plan (small vignettes representing some monuments in Douai), in the center "Texte Ordre Civil et Militaire". Margins. (51 x 59,5) - State A -
Estimate €100 - €200 -
59 - OISE (60) - [CHANTILLY CASTLE, View of the entrance]. 1887. Original etching by Eugène SADOUX (1841†1906). Proof on parchment. Date and artist's name under the subject on the left. 42.5 x 64 cm. Condition B (Cut at the copper mark and some freckles).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
60 - RHÔNE (69) - VIEW OF LYON as the crow flies - BERTELLI Donato Lion. 16th century. Etching and chisel. Proof on laid paper. From "Le vere imagini et descritioni delle piu nobilli citta del mondo". Margins. 26,5 x 39 cm. Condition A (Slight trace of the original median vertical fold).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
61 - MONT-BLANC - HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) - FUMEX PHOTOGRAPHY - (View of the Mont-Blanc). Photograph stamped on the back "Photo Fumex - St GERVAIS LES BAINS". 30 x 38,5 cm. Condition B (Rare scratches).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
62 - MONT-BLANC - HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) - FUMEX PHOTOGRAPHY - (Mont-Blanc from St Gervais les Bains). Black photograph with the stamp "Cliché A" on the back. Fumex in St Gervais" - St Gervais". Silver print. 30 x 38,5 cm. Condition B (A small brown spot on the left).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
63 - LES ALPES - SWITZERLAND - JUNGFRAU - OBERLAND BERNOIS - PANORAMA du Faulhorn. c.1850. Original aquatint. 2 panoramas on the same sheet, drawn by Arnold JENNY and engraved by Sigismond HIMELY. Printed by Chardon aîné, 30 rue Hautefeuille, Paris. Margins. 39 x 104.5 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €250 - €300 -
64 - VAR (83) - PORQUEROLLES - GUILLAIN Jean-Lou - "In front of Porquerolles, the lobster fisherman". 1994. Original watercolor by Jean-Lou Guillain (1939 † 2014), on paper. Signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist. Architect, Jean-Lou Guillain has been practicing watercolor since the age of twelve. He taught this technique at the Académie des Gobelins (Paris) and regularly exhibited his watercolours. 36 x 51 cm (43 x 57 cm with the support). State A (Formerly glued full on cardboard paper
Estimate €200 - €300 -
65 - IMAGERIE POPULAIRE des BOURNATIERS du PERIGORD NOIR - Eugène Le Roy (1836-1907), Novelist Perigordin / Honour to our compatriot. 1957. Wood engraved by M. ALBE. Colours of the period. Canson laid paper. Excerpts from the Testament on the left and one of his texts on the right. From the Imprimerie Joucla. Margins. 47.5 x 31 cm. State A.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
66 - IMAGERIE POPULAIRE des BOURNATIERS du PERIGORD NOIR - Eugène Le Roy (1836-1907), Novelist Perigordin / Honour to our compatriot. 1957. Wood engraved by M. ALBE. Layered paper. From the Imprimerie Joucla. Margins. 39.7 x 24.5 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
67 - REVOLUTIONARY PORTRAITS - "GALERIE DU PALAIS ROYAL" - c.1802. ALBUM gathering 60 PORTRAITS representing the characters who had the greatest impact on the French revolution. Engraved in etching and aquatint by Jean DUPLESSI BERTAUX (1747 † Paris 1818) & Charles-François LEVACHEZ (active in Paris around 1800). Proofs on wove paper. They include portraits of LOUIS XVI, BONAPARTE, KLEBER,Victor MOREAU, MARIE-ANTOINETTE (stain), Camille DESMOULINS, CALONNES, Maximilien ROBESPIERRE, DANTON, Marie A
Estimate €400 - €500 -
68 - THE GENERAL INDICATOR, HISTORICAL, Scientific, Industrial and Monumental TABLE of France from 1789 to 1836. Engraved by Houiste, written by Bernard. In Paris, at Binet's in 1836. Engraving on copper in old colours. Antique Pitchpin frame. Antique glass. At sight 56 x 70 cm (69.5 x 84 cm overall). Condition B (Text level stains, unexamined engraving outside the frame).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
69 - Birth of the Duke of Bordeaux - 1820] - Letter of confirmation of subscription to a FESTIVAL given by the Authorities of the National Guard in celebration of the birth of H.R.H. Bishop DUC DE BORDEAUX... dated October 5, 1820. 4pp. Typed text, printed on laid paper. "Monsieur Lavigne" in handwritten letters in brown ink on the foot and back. Extract from the letter: "We have the honor to inform you that the Feast given by the Authorities of the National Guard of Nantes to M.M. the Officers of th
Estimate €200 - €300 -
70 - NAPOLEON - IMAGERIE de METZ, Fabrique de DEMBOUR - (Full-length portrait of Napoleon). Between 1825 and 1850. Engraved wood. Ancient color. Proof on laid paper. Margins. 44 x 29 cm. Condition C (Small lack on the hat, tears and stains in the margins, traces of old mounting on the back and light freckles).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
71 - NAPOLEON - IMAGERIE de METZ, Fabrique de GANGEL - "TRAVEL OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON TO ENGLAND". 19th century. Zincography. Ancient color. Wove paper. Bilingual text in French & English. Margins. Illustration on three levels: the first vignette shows the arrival of Napoleon III in England; the second vignette shows the emperor and the queen travelling to the Crystal Palace; on the third vignette, Queen Victoria decorates the emperor with the order of the garter & the last vignette shows the empero
Estimate €200 - €300 -
72 - NAPOLEON 1st - GERARD François (Rome 1770 † 1837 Paris) (AFTER) "NAPOLEON THE GREAT". 1808. Portrait of the Emperor in coronation costume, engraved with burin by Auguste Gaspard BOUCHER-DESNOYERS (Paris 1779 † 1857), from the painting of Baron Gerard, executed in 185. Nice proof on vellum, 3rd state out of 3. Published in Paris by Ramboz. Ref : I.F.F. n°19. Le Blanc n°67. Courboin n°4678. Nice margins. 76 x 56 cm (sheet). Condition A (a few handling folds).
Estimate €500 - €600 -
73 - MILITARIES - IMAGERIE de METZ, Fabrique de GANGEL - "Vieille GARDE IMPERIALE". 19th century. Zincography. Colours of the time. Wove paper. 45,3 x 35,5 cm. Condition C (Formerly glued by the corners on green paper, stains and accidents).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
74 - POLITICAL CARICATURE - WORLD WAR II - "HITLER, Waarom heb ik hem ooit losgelaten?" (Haagsche Post). October 14, 1939. Dutch cartoon by DOEVE. Lithograph. 45 x 30.5 cm. State A.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
75 - FRANC-MAÇONNERIE - DIPLOMA on parchment "Le grand Orient de France, à tous les maçons réguliers, Salut-Union-Force", dated 1869. "On the request presented to the G.O. of France by the R.L. Golden Sacred Triangle. D CORBEIL for the purpose of obtaining a Master's diploma for f. LOREAU, Jean, Marie, Gardener born in Besné (Loire interior) .... "24.5 x 35.5 cm. State B.
Estimate €100 - €120 -
76 - FESTIVAL OF SAINT NICOLAS - DRAWINGS from the XIXth century - "Essay of illustration on the Legend of Saint Nicholas". Set of 25 drawings in black ink mounted on a sheet of paper and assembled in the form of an album. Each drawing captioned in brown ink forming a story ("There were three children / Who were going to glean in the fields", "Come in, come in, little children, There is room for sure", "Saint Nicolas, after seven years, came to pass through this field"...). Good condition. About 19 x
Estimate €400 - €500 -
77 - WOMEN'S GAME - Between 1850 and 1875. Imagery printed in black on cream vellum by Gangel, in Metz. Text of the rule of the game in two columns. Margins. 42 x 48 cm. Condition B (Some scattered freckles).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
77-1 - OPTICS - PERFORATED VIEWS - A collection of 21 (optical) views drawn and watercoloured on paper (mounted on wooden frames). 19th century. Titles: Galeria en VINCSTER, Entrada de Oporto (PORTO), VIENA (Austria) Gruta de los Jigantes, La avanzada francesa a los Juaris en MONTREAL, Exsterior e interior del Bosque de TRENTO (ROMA), Bosque en BREST, POMPEÏ (Vesuvius), Monasterio de Castello (Roma), Plaza de NEVSTON (LONDON), MEJICO (Mexico) Palacio Antiguo (Brest), GENOVA (Genoa), FERRARA (Italy),
Estimate €2,500 - €3,000 -
78 - ANTHROPOMORPHICAL LANDSCAPE (The Landscape Man) - "To me care is superfluous: If you see me, you will not see me". c.1800. Lithographed by COLANY after Claude-François FORTIER (1775-1835). Proof on wove paper. Printed by Ve. Légé, in Bordeaux. Margins. Anthropomorphic print: an impressive rock with trees turns into a man's face when turned on its side. 27.5 x 32.3 cm. Condition B (Freckles in the margins and on the reverse).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
79 - 1918 CALENDAR - Illustrated from the 1917 Poster by Georges SCOTT depicting Marianne with the flag on an infantry background. Double photomechanical printing by DEVAMBEZ, on wove paper. Folded in two. 50 x 65 cm. State A.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
80 - THEATRE PROGRAMME (Project - DRAWING) - "Programme for Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 Nov / The Enemies of the Garden, Documentary / If it isn't him! Comedy / The Red Star, Drama / Maciste in love, Great adventure drama / Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 Nov / Redemption. On the left of the composition: "Where are we going, now that we have voted well? - A rich idea... at the BRASSERIE GEORGES (Paris) / VOTE: Triumph of the suffragette - Since the Legislator does not allow me, I will use violence, I will vo
Estimate €100 - €200 -
81 - BEAR HUNTING. 19th century. Lithographed by Guillon. Ancient color. Proof on wove paper, printed by Lemercier & Cie, rue de Seine 57, in Paris and published by Joseph Bulla, 66 rue Tiquetonne. Margins. 43 x 59 cm. Condition B (Small scratch and stain in the sky, a stain and rare minute freckles in the margins).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
82 - [Navy SEAL, MEDITERRANEAN PORT] Late 19th century - early 20th century. Aquatint (by Manuel-Robbe?), printed in color on BFK Rives wove paper. Good margins. 50 x 65 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
83 - ASTRONOMY - EXPLANATORY TABLE OF THE "SYSTEM OF COPERNIC or Abstract of Astronomy, dedicated and presented to Monseigneur le Dauphin, by his very humble and very obedient servant PAPILLON DE LA FERTE, one of the General Commissioners of the House of King, 1783". Paper laid. In Paris, at DELAMARCHE, Geographer, Rue du Foin Saint Jacques at the College of Master Gervais. Margins. One of the many decorative terrestrial and celestial engravings presenting various astronomical and geographical ideas,
Estimate €200 - €300 -
84 - DÜRER Albrecht (D'APRÈS) (Nüremberg 1471 † 1528) - "The Last Supper". Engraved wood, copy by an anonymous person. Proof on thin watermarked laid paper (Letter?). Ref: Bartsch, no. 53. Dürer's monogram and date on a tablet at the foot of the composition. 21 x 29.4 cm - Condition B (Finely lined proof on Japan and small restorations) -
Estimate €400 - €600 -
85 - DÜRER Albrecht (Nürnberg 1471 † 1528) - "Willibald Pirckheimer". 1524. Original chisel. Proof on fine laid paper, formerly mounted from the upper corners on glossy paper bearing on the reverse the purple collector's mark of "L. Bongard" (Lugt not described). Signed with the artist's monogram in the lower right corner of the tablet on which the date and dedication can also be read: "BILIBALDI. PIRKEYMHERI . EFFIGIES / AETATIS. SUAE. ANNO. L. III. / VIVITUR. INGENIO. CAETERA. MORTIS./ ERUNT. /
Estimate €4,000 - €5,000 -
86 - DÜRER Albrecht (Nürnberg 1471 † 1528) - "The Monkey Virgin". c.1498. Burin. Monogram of the artist at the foot of the composition. Ref: Hollstein, n°30. Bartsch, n°42. Proof of a late vellum print, formerly mounted from the upper corners on a glossy paper bearing on the reverse the collector's purple collector's mark of "L. Bongard" (Lugt not described). Small margins. 19.3 x 12.7 cm. Condition A (Two very slight traces of glue in the subject, verso stained).
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
87 - DÜRER Albrecht (Nüremberg 1471 † 1528) - "Portrait of Philippe Mélanchton". 1526. Original chisel. Proof on watermarked laid paper (Coat of arms). Signed with the monogram and date in the tablet. Reference : Bartsch, n°105. Hollstein, no. 104. Meder, no. 104. Slightly late edition. In 1525 Melanchthon worked in Nuremberg to found a new secular school in the name of the city council. During his stay in the city he stayed with Willibald Pirckheimer, who was Dürer's closest friend, and the t
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
88 - HOLLAR Wenceslaus (Prague 1607 † London 1677) - Meeting of 4 plates of the series "Ways of Hunting". 1671. Titles: "Cony Catching" "Partridge Hawking", "Stagg Hunting" & "Fox Hunting". 4 etchings after Francis Barlow (1622†1704). Prints on watermarked laid paper. From the English series: "Several Ways of Hunting, Hawking, and Fishing, according to the English Manner". 16.9 x 22.7 cm approximately each. Condition B/C (Formerly mounted under marie-louise, some stains...)
Estimate €200 - €250 -
89 - REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 † 1669) - "The Resurrection of Lazarus". (The Raising of Lazarus). c. 1632. Original etching. Proof on wove paper. Signed at the point in the centre of the composition. Ref: Hind, n°96. Bartsch, n°73. Late edition. Margins. 41 x 28.7 cm. Condition A (Some consolidated and restored tears in the margins and at the top of the plate, rare stains in the margins).
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
90 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 † 1669) - "The descent from the cross, second plate". 1633. Original etching. Proof on applied China paper. Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. cum pryvl 1633" at the foot of the composition. Reference: Bartsch, n°81. Hollstein, n°103. Late edition (addresses erased). Good margins. 61,5 x 79 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000 -
91 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 † 1669) - "Joseph and Potiphar's wife". 1634. Original etching. Proof on Arches laid paper. Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. 1634" at the lower left point in the composition. Reference: Bartsch, n°39. Late edition by Beaumont in 1906. Good margins. 30.5 x 44 cm (9.3 x 11.6 cm for the subject). Condition A (Fine state of preservation).
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
92 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 † 1669) - "Joseph telling his dreams". 1638. Original etching. Proof on cream laid paper. Catalogue number: Bartsch, no. 37. Late edition. Margins. 14.8 x 11.5 cm. Condition A (Formerly glued by the upper corners on blue laid paper, traces of glue visible in the upper margin).
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
93 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 † 1669) - "Le repos en Egypte, Effet de nuit" (The rest on the flight, a night piece). c.1644. Original etching. Proof on Arches laid paper. Ref: Bartsch, n°57. Late edition by Beaumont in 1906. All margins. 44 x 30.5 cm (9.3 x 6 cm for the subject). Condition A (Rare freckles in the margins).
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
94 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 † 1669) - "Clement de Jonghe". 1651. Original etching. Nice proof on China paper. Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. 1651" on the lower right corner of the plate. Reference: Bartsch, n°272. Late edition. Fillet of margins. 20,8 x 16,5 cm. Condition A (tiny stain in the background).
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
95 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 † 1669) - "Clement de Jonghe". 1651. Original etching. Proof on wove paper. Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. 1651" at the lower right corner of the plate. Reference: Bartsch, n°272. Edition of the 19th century. Margins not trimmed. 30 x 18,5 cm. Condition A (Very little trace of old horizontal median fold, not very visible, otherwise in good condition).
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
96 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 † 1669) - "David at prayer". 1652. Original etching. Proof on laid paper. Signed and dated at the lower left point in the composition. Reference: Bartsch, no. 41. Late edition. Small margins. 15.2 x 10.2 cm. Condition A (Good condition).
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
97 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 † 1669) - "Peasant family on the tramp". c.1652. Original etching. Proof on laid paper. Ref: Bartsch, no. 131. Late edition. Small margins. 12,1 x 9,7 cm. Condition A (A short tear formerly restored on the upper edge).
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
98 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn (1606 † 1669) - "Descent from the cross, by torchlight". 1654. Original etching. Signed and dated "Rembrandt f. 1654" at the foot of the composition. Reference: Bartsch, no. 83. Edition of the XIXth century. Proof on laid paper with a blue "Seine - Colportage" stamp on the back. 20,7 x 16,2 cm. (Cut to the copperplate mark or to the subject).
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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