
Engravings & Prints
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1 - ALGERIA - IMAGERIE D'EPINAL, chez PELLERIN - "BOMBARDEMENT et prise d'alger". 19th century. Engraved wood. Antique color. Proof on cream laid paper glued on cardboard. Margins. 46 x 62 cm. Condition A (Rare slight freckles).
Estimate
100 € - 150 €

2 - ALGERIA - CIRCULAR & SUBSCRIPTION - Meeting of 2 pieces: 1- Subscription for the publication of Algeria (4pp, 1864) & 2- Circular of the Central Committee for Subscription for the benefit of the visitors of the Grasshopper Invasion in Algeria 5pp, 1866. 28 x 22 cm. State B. Set of 2 pieces.
Estimate
200 € - 300 €

3 - MAP OF AMERICA (North & South) - CASTELLINI- "Il nuovo mondo diviso nelle sue principali contrade". 1842. Map engraved by Castellini and printed on vellum. Colours of the period. Published by Marmocchim. Margins. Good condition. Decorative card enriched with the flags of USA, Haiti, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina & Colombia. 54,5 x 55 cm. Condition A (Slight traces of old folds).
Estimate
400 € - 600 €

4 - UNITED STATES - PHILADELPHIA. "Birds Eye View. CENTENNIAL BUILDINGS." 1876. Color lithograph. Nice proof on cream veiln, representing a view of the 1876 world exhibition, the first one held in the United States. Margins (irregularly trimmed on the right side). 64 x 48.7 cm (sheet). Condition B (some freckles and slight traces of dampness; small marginal accidents; a tear at the right edge, skillfully restored, mostly visible on the reverse).
Estimate
250 € - 300 €

5 - UNITED STATES - INDIAN PORTRAIT OF AMERICA - "Wa-bish-Kee-Pe-Nas, The white pigeon, A Chippewa". Colour lithograph. Wove paper. For the book "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". Margins. 51 x 35.5 cm. Condition A (Good condition).
Estimate
250 € - 300 €
![UNITED STATES - CANADA. [Niagara Falls]. 1768. Etching and chisel by William BYRNE (London 1743 † 1805) after a painting by Richard WILSON (1713 † 1782), based on a drawing executed in situ by Lieutenant Pieric of the Regiment of Artillery. Proof on vergé, trimmed inside the shot. Fillet of margins around the subject. 53.4 x 42.4 cm (sheet). Condition B (freckles and a few wet spots on the back; a few very short tears at the base, without damage to the subject).](https://cdn.drouot.com/d/lot/ftall/6/110533/6.jpg)
6 - UNITED STATES - CANADA. [Niagara Falls]. 1768. Etching and chisel by William BYRNE (London 1743 † 1805) after a painting by Richard WILSON (1713 † 1782), based on a drawing executed in situ by Lieutenant Pieric of the Regiment of Artillery. Proof on vergé, trimmed inside the shot. Fillet of margins around the subject. 53.4 x 42.4 cm (sheet). Condition B (freckles and a few wet spots on the back; a few very short tears at the base, without damage to the subject).
Estimate
100 € - 150 €

7 - SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON (97) - MAP - XVIIIth c. "PLAN DE L'ILE DE SAINT-PIERRE, au Sud de Terre-Neuve". 1763. Etching. Nautical chart drawn by the geographer Jean-Baptise FORTIN (1740 † 1817), "for the service of French ships, under the Ministry of M; the Duke of Choiseul". Proof on laid paper. 64.5 x 94 cm (sheet). Usual central median fold. Condition A (handling folds, a few freckles).
Estimate
200 € - 300 €

8 - SANTO DOMINGO - HISPANIOLA - Johannes VAN KEULEN - "Pas-Kaart Van de Zuyd-Kust van ESPANJOLA met de Zee kust van Nuevo Reyne de Granada", by J. Van KEULEN (Deventer 1654 † Amsterdam 1715). c.1681. Large engraved MARINE CARD. Colours of the period. Proof on laid paper. This nautical chart represents the southern part of Hispaniola, showing detailed navigational information along the coastline near Santo Domingo. Below is the coast of Venezuela and the islands of ARUBA and CURACAO. 53.5 x 59 cm.
Estimate
300 € - 500 €

9 - PAUL & VIRGINIA - Series of 6 engravings, circa 1806, gathered in an album. Titles: "Passage du torrent" (after GIRODET), "Enfance de Paul et Virginie", "Arrivée de Mr de la Bourdonnais", "Naufrage de Virginie" (after PRUD'HON), "Les adieux" & "Les tombeaux". From the printing house of Dien. All with margins. 41 x 28 cm. State A.
Estimate
300 € - 400 €

10 - "MAP OF ASIA, drawn up on the observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences and some others, and on the most recent memoirs", by G. DE LISLE Geographer. 1700. Engraved map. Coloured boundaries. Layered paper. Title cartouche top left. In Paris, at the author's house on Quay de l'Horloge. Margins. 51 x 68 cm. Condition A
Estimate
200 € - 250 €

11 - CHINA - "KUAN-YIN sitting on the LOTUS". c.1976. Wood engraved for the 1976 Paul & Hubert Prouté greeting card. 23 x 28.5 cm. Condition A (Good condition).
Estimate
200 € - 300 €

12 - CHINA - COSTUME - "Garment of Idamé in the Orphanage of CHINA, given by Sarrazin Costumier Ord.re des Princes". c.1779. Engraved with etching and burin by Nicolas DUPIN (known as the young), after a drawing by Pierre Le Clerc (Paris c.1740 † after 1799). Proof on watermarked laid paper (Letters). In Paris, at Esnauts and Rapilly rue St Jacques in the Ville de Coutances, with priv. du Roi. Board of the "Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français", one of the first fashion periodicals founded in
Estimate
100 € - 200 €

13 - CHINA - CHINESE FIGURES XVIIIth - Reunion of 6 plates after MODON, from the "Fourth book of Forms, Rocks and Cartels decorated with Chinese Figures", 1736. Engravings with etching and burin. Prints on laid paper, with the address "Ioh. Georg Merz (Johann Georg Merz) exc. Aug. Vind". All with margins. Approx. 34 x 25 each. State A (Some freckles in the margins). Set. 6 pl.
Estimate
100 € - 200 €

14 - CHINA - 18th c. HELMAN Isidore-Stanislas (1743 † c. 1809). "Tebao-Hoei occupies the troops in military exercises and games before undertaking the expedition of the little Buckarie, at the end of the 1758 campaign". Etching. One of the 24 plates from the Memorable Facts of the Emperors of China, from the Annales Chinoises (Paris, at the author's home, 1788). Layered print. Large margins. 41.2 x 54 cm (sheet). Condition A/B (4 marginal tears restored; upper corners restored).
Estimate
400 € - 500 €
![JAPAN - [ANIMATED LANDSCAPES]. Meeting of 4 pretty GOUACHES on canvas. Edo period. 50 x 50 cm approximately each. Condition C (Fixed on wooden panels, various accidents, as is). Set of 4 pl.](https://cdn.drouot.com/d/lot/ftall/6/110533/15_1.jpg)
15 - JAPAN - [ANIMATED LANDSCAPES]. Meeting of 4 pretty GOUACHES on canvas. Edo period. 50 x 50 cm approximately each. Condition C (Fixed on wooden panels, various accidents, as is). Set of 4 pl.
Estimate
150 € - 200 €

16 - CAMBODIA - RARE CAMBODIAN IMAGERY: "Cambodian Theatre (N°8)". 19th century. Wood engraving. Colors of the period. Proof on fine vellum paper. Printed by L. JAMMES, in PNOM-PENH (Cambodia). Manuscript title in French in brown ink. 28,5 x 40,5 cm. Condition B (Two small brown spots on the right edge, very slight traces of old folds and tiny little holes in some places).
Estimate
800 € - 1 000 €

17 - CAMBODIA - RARE CAMBODIAN IMAGERY: "King Norodom's wives bathing (N°13)". 19th century. Wood engraving. Colours of the period. Proof on fine vellum paper. Printed by L. JAMMES, in PNOM-PENH (Cambodia). Manuscript title in French in brown ink. 28,5 x 40,5 cm. Condition C (Accidental, traces of folds, short tears and small lacks).
Estimate
800 € - 1 000 €

18 - CHINA - "Group of CHINESE actresses" & "Child with birds". c.1922. PROSPECTUS announcing the publication of the book "Drawings & Paintings from the Far East, illustrated by Alexandre Iacovleff". (In Paris, Editions Lucien Vogel, 24 rue du Mont-Thabor). This brochure includes 1 Illustration and 1 colour rotogravure after IACOVLEFF Alexandre (Saint-Petersburg 1882 † Paris 1938), signed and dated in pencil by the artist. 38 x 28.5 cm for the whole.
Estimate
1 000 € - 1 500 €
![[SULTANEOUSLY with a bird in hand] Nineteenth century. Printing on laid paper. 29 x 23,5 cm. Condition C (Stains and many accidents).](https://cdn.drouot.com/d/lot/ftall/6/110533/19_1.jpg)
19 - [SULTANEOUSLY with a bird in hand] Nineteenth century. Printing on laid paper. 29 x 23,5 cm. Condition C (Stains and many accidents).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €

19-1 - INDIA - GOUACHE - XIX th C. DRAWING in ink and GOUACHE on paper. 22,7 x 39,3 cm. Condition B (Rare short tears on the edges, small lack at the upper right corner in the margin and small marks of handling).
Estimate
150 € - 200 €

20 - PAGE OF ARABIC ILLUMINATION. Text typed on the back. Very nice old colour. Framed. About 12 x 7 cm for the subject (26 x 20 cm with the frame). Condition A (Some visible freckles around the subject, not examined outside the frame).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €

21 - ARMENIA - "Vescovo Armeno". c.1706. Etching, from the work "ORDINUM RELIGIOSORUM IN ECCLESIA MILITANTI". Proof on laid paper. Margins. 23,5 x 17,4 cm. Condition A (Wormholes in the lower margin, good condition).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €

22 - MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINE - Meeting of 12 plates engraved on steel after William H. BARFLETT (London 1809†1854), from the "Album of the principal views of Palestine", 1863. Some titles: Harbour of Rhodes, Tombs in the Valley of JEHOSHAPHAT, Vale of NAZARETH, The River Jordan, Tomb of the Virgin, JERUSALEM... Proofs on wove paper. All with margins. 19 x 28 cm. Condition A (Good condition). Set of 12 pl.
Estimate
100 € - 200 €

23 - TURKEY - OTTOMAN Empire - Meeting of 4 engravings of the XVIIth century: Portraits of Turkish Sultans (Osmann. Der älteste Sohn Achmats des Ersten (Osmann The eldest son of Achmat the first), Amurath IV (Murad IV) Türckischer Kaÿser, Mustapha I Türckischer Kaÿser & Mahometh III Türckischer Kaÿser). Proofs on laid paper. German edition. Margins or small margins. About 17.9 x 29 cm each. Set of 4 pl.
Estimate
250 € - 300 €

24 - TURKEY - TAPESTRIES - "The art of making Piebald Carpets, Turkey's Way". 1771/77. FULL COLLECTION of his eight engraved plates (plates I and II in double page). Proofs on watermarked laid paper. Edition Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert (Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Science). 26 x 39 cm. Condition A.
Estimate
200 € - 250 €

25 - RUSSIA - MEETING of 7 PLANKS representing RUSSIAN Religious (Vescovo Moscovita in funzione sacra, Diacono Moscovita, Vescovo Moscovita, Patriarca Moscovita in abito ordinario, Patriarca Moscovita in funzione sacra, Vescovo Moscovita in abito sacro & Arcivescovo Moscovita)- c.1706. Eaux-fortes, from the work "ORDINUM RELIGIOSORUM IN ECCLESIA MILITANTI". Proofs on laid paper. Margins for all of them. 23.5 x 17.5 cm approximately each. Condition A (Wormholes in the lower margin, two of the plates s
Estimate
200 € - 300 €

26 - RUSSIA - VIEWS of MOSCOW , circa 1850 - Meeting of 5 lithographs by André Durand (Amfreville-la-Mivoie 1807 † Paris 1867) & Raffet. Titles: "The Terema (Ancient Palace of the Tzars, Interior of the Kremlin)", "Imperial Palace known as the Palace of Paul I", "Church of the Holy Saviour, known as the Golden Gate", "Gate of the Resurrection and Palace of the Courts" & "Gate of the Trinity (Troïtskoï), Western part of the Kremlin". Proofs on wove paper (three of them in black and blue). Printed
Estimate
400 € - 500 €

27 - RUSSIA - VIEWS OF RUSSIA, circa 1850 - Meeting of 7 lithographs by André Durand (Amfreville-la-Mivoie 1807 † Paris 1867) & Raffet. Titles: "VLADIMIR, Entrance to the Monastery of St Alexis", "NIJNI NOVGOROD, Cathedral of the Archangel", "Government of Yaroslaw, Old Village and its 13th century wooden church", "Banks of the VOLGA, Village between Novgorod and Tver", "Banks of the Volga, Hotel (Kaback) and post house (Road from Kostroma to Yaroslaw", "Government of Kostroma, Goumnist Village be
Estimate
300 € - 400 €

28 - RUSSIA - RUSSIAN MOUNTAINS. "Views of the Ice Mountains". circa 1815. Two colour lithographs by Charles Philibert DE LASTEYRIE DU SAILLANT (1759 † 1849). Proofs on laid paper. Respectively: 29.3 x 46 and 23.4 x 35.5 cm (sheets). Condition B (Many freckles. Margins trimmed with a square line on the second print). Set of 2 pl.
Estimate
250 € - 300 €

29 - RUSSIA - PORTRAIT of "PONIATOWSKI" (National Glory). IMAGERIE D'EPINAL, Edition of Pellerin. 19th century. Engraved wood, in period colors. Margins. 64 x 42 cm. Condition A/B (applied proof on cardboard paper).
Estimate
80 € - 100 €

30 - ALBANIA - "MAP OF ALBANIA", Edited and designed by N.S. STAMIRIS, Paris. XXth. Printed in colour by E. Mongin, Paris. Margins. Folded. 76 x 56 cm. Condition A (Two short tears in the margins).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €

31 - ALBANIA - "CARTE GEOLOGIQUE des Confins ALBANAIS par Jacques BOURCART", drawn up by order of the Marshal of France FRANCHET D'ESPEREY at the Topographical Service of the Allied Armies in the East". Beginning of XXth. Heliogravure and published by the Army Geographical Service. Legend on the left side. Margins. 57 x 72 cm. State A 5¨Petit (fold in the margin at the bottom).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €

32 - POLAND - "Canonico Regolare di Polonia" (Polish Priest). c.1706. Etching, from the work "ORDINUM RELIGIOSORUM IN ECCLESIA MILITANTI". Proof on laid paper. Margins. 23,5 x 17 cm. Condition A (Two tears in the upper margin, good condition).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €

33 - HUNGARY - "Map of the WAR THEATRE of HUNGARY and surrounding places, according to the most exact Geographers Authors, newly represented by Joachim OTTENS, geographer, in Amsterdam in the NIEUWENDYCK at the World Map". c.1730. Map engraved by J. KEYSER. Layered paper. Ancient colour. Title cartouche in lower left (Novissima tabula regni Hungariae et regionum quondam ei unitarum ut Transilvaniae, Valachiae, Moldaviae, Serviae, Romaniae, Bulgariae, Bessarabiae, Croatiae, Bosniae, Dalmatiae, Slavoni
Estimate
300 € - 400 €

34 - ENGLAND - "MAP of the BRITISH ISLANDS and of a Northern Part of France, specially drawn up for the reading of the works of SIR WALTER SCOTT, indicating exactly the places where the scenes of this novel and those of his beautiful descriptions take place, decorated with his engraved portrait after Ch. LESLIE, famous English Painter". Paris, 1831. Engraved map published by ALES, rue des Mathurins, St Jacques, n°1. Wove paper. Title cartouche illustrated at the top right. Margins. 67 x 54 cm. Condi
Estimate
300 € - 400 €

35 - ENGLAND - View to OXFORD - "High Street, Oxford". 1803. Etching and aquatint engraved by GARNAUT L, after William DELAMOTTE (Weymouth 1775 † Oxford 1863). Proof printed in colour on vellum and formerly glued in full colour. 56.5 x 81 cm. Condition C (Cut to subject above and inside the copperplate mark below (no address & title), some brown and freckles, small scratches reaching the subject and various accidents).
Estimate
1 000 € - 1 500 €

36 - ENGLAND - LONDON - "Le PALAIS DE CRISTAL dans HYDE PARK, pour l'Exposition de l'Industrie de toutes les Nations / The Chrystal Palace in Hyde Park for the Great industrial Exhibition of all Nations". Circa 1850. Drawn and lithographed by Jules ARNOUT (1814†1868). Wove paper. Printed by Lemercier in Paris. Published by Bulla Frères & Jouy in Paris, Berlin, LOndres and New York. Margins. 39 x 54 cm. Condition C (Many freckles).
Estimate
200 € - 300 €

37 - MANUSCRIPT CARD OF ITALY of SARDINIA & CORSICA, in 2 sheets - XX th. Drawn in ink and enhanced with watercolour, on fine vellum paper. Folded in two. 31 x 40 cm each. Condition A.
Estimate
200 € - 300 €

38 - ITALY - Meeting of 22 VIEWS from ROME. XIXth. Engravings on steel by Cavalieri, Gilii, Moschetti... Prints on wove paper. All with margins. 22 x 30 cm approximately each. Condition B/C (freckles). Set of 22 pl.
Estimate
200 € - 300 €

39 - ITALY - VALLE D'AOSTA - PIRANESI Giovanni Battista (Mogliano Veneto 1720 † 1778 Venice). "Veduta dell'Arco fabbricato in onore d'Augusto vicino alla Città di Aosta in Piemonte, anticamente Augusta Praetoria Salassorum". After 1775. Etching. One of the 32 plates in the series "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti..." Layered proof, numbered "5" in the upper right-hand corner. Ref : Focillon n°45. Hind p. 76. Wilton Ely n°107. All margins unruled on both sides. 43 x 60 cm (shee
Estimate
250 € - 300 €

40 - ITALY - VENICE - 3 ANCIENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PALAIS DES DOGES (Ducal Palace). Late 19th century. Formerly glued on cardboard supports. 26.5 x 34.5 cm approximately for the plate & 34.5 x 48.5 cm with the support. Condition A. Set of 3 pl.
Estimate
200 € - 300 €

41 - ITALY - VENICE - 5 ANCIENT PHOTOGRAPHIES of the PLACE ST MARC and the BASILICA SAN MARCO. Late 19th century. Formerly glued on cardboard supports. 26,5 x 34,5 cm approximately for the plate & 34,5 x 48,5 cm with the support. Condition A/B (Rare small stains or freckles). Set of 5 pl.
Estimate
200 € - 300 €

42 - ITALY - VENICE - 6 ANCIENT PHOTOGRAPHS: 2 of the GRANDE CHANNEL, PALAZZO PESARO, PALAZZO Contarini, Piazzetta e ISOLA S. GIORGIO & PALAZZO Ca Duoco. Late 19th century. Formerly glued on cardboard supports. 26,5 x 34,5 cm approx. for the plate & 34,5 x 48,5 cm with the support. Condition A/B (Some pictures are beginning to peel off and rare small stains). Set of 6 pl.
Estimate
200 € - 300 €

43 - ITALY - VENICE - 8 ancient PHOTOGRAPHS of Venetian Monuments or Interiors (including Interior of S. Marco Basilica, Sala del Gran Consilio (Doge's Palace), Arsenale, Monument CANOVA, Monument Colleon...). Late 19th century. Formerly glued on cardboard supports. 26,5 x 34,5 cm for the plate & 34,5 x 48,5 cm with the support. Condition A/B (Some pictures are beginning to peel off and rare small stains). Set of 8 pl.
Estimate
200 € - 300 €

44 - BELGIUM - IMAGERIE D'EPINAL, Fabrique de PELLERIN - "BATTLE OF WATERLOO". 19th century. Wood engraved by François Georgin (Epinal 1801 † 1863). Colours of the time. Proof on fine vellum. Signed in the plate. Margins. 32.7 x 41.7 cm. Condition C (Some stains and freckles, short tears in the margins).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €

45 - GERMANY - GERMAN RAILWAY CARD OF CASTLES, by DB. Schlösser und Burgen am Schienenwege. XXth. Photomechanical colour process. 77.5 x 55 cm. State A (Some freckles).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €

46 - GIBRALTAR - (La défense de Gibraltar contre les forces unies d'Espagne et de France, la nuit du 13 au 14 septembre 1782) "This representation of the brave and gallant defense of Gibraltar against the united force of Spain & France on the night between the 13th and 14th Sept 1782 for which important service done their Country, they received the thanks of both houses of Parliament". 1786. Large etching and burin engraving by James FITTLER (1758 - 1835), after the painting by Richard PATON (1717 -
Estimate
400 € - 500 €

47 - MANUSCRIPTION CARD OF FRANCE - "New division of France in 83 Departments in 1791". 18th century. Finely drawn in ink and watercolor on laid paper. Title cartouche drawn on the right and compass rose on the left. 21.5 x 22 cm - Condition A.
Estimate
100 € - 200 €

48 - CARTE DE LA France vers 1903-1904 - AFFICHE de la France CHANTANTE, The largest collection of modern songs, containing the great hits of the main concerts in Paris. 90 x 63.5 cm. Condition C (Folded and short tears in the folds).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €

49 - 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. Undated. 55 x 78 cm. Condition B/C (Slightly yellowed and formerly folded sheet. Small lacks in the lower right corner).
Estimate
100 € - 150 €