ENGRAVINGS & PRINTS
Monday 12 July 2021 at 14:00
9 rue de Provence, 75009 Paris
270 lots
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51 - HUNGARY - "General map of the Kingdom of Hungary with the Kingdoms of CROATIA and ESCLAVONIA containing also the Great Principality of TRANSILVANIA, according to the Astronomical and geographical observations made by the most famous scholars, and drawn from a great number of drawn plans and special geographical maps, as well as from particular descriptions, projected by J.M Le Baron de LIECHTENSTERN and drawn under his direction by François HAEUFLER", in Vienna, Austria, at the Office of Arts a
Estimate €100 - €150 -
52 - SWEDEN - VIEW of "STOCKHOLM (Stocolmo)". End of XIXth century. Beautiful lithograph printed on wove paper. Colours. Lith. C. Burchardt, published in Wissembourg, Alsace. Margins. 49 x 64,5 cm. Condition A (Good condition).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
53 - ALLIES' HYMNE - Meeting of 3 stencils circa 1917: "THE ALLIES", by Robert BONFILS (Paris 1886 1972); "God Save the King" (UNITED KINGDOM) by Gérard COCHET (1888-1969) & "PORTUGUESE NATIONAL AIR", by Georges d'ESPAGNAT (Paris 1870 1950). Three woodcuts, stencil coloured. Plates from the series "Les Hymnes Alliés". Proofs on laid paper, from an edition at 1 000 copies, published by "Le Nouvel Essor". Margins for all three. 46 x 29,5 cm approximately each. Condition A (Good condition). Set of 3 p
Estimate €150 - €200 -
54 - ITALY - FLORENCE - TOURIST GUIDE - "Como vistare FIRENZE e i suoi dintorini, Breve Guida artistica illustrata con PIANTA MONUMENTALE", Francesco BIGLIAZZI, Milano, Cesare Capello, 1940. 134pp + folded colour map of the city. Guide in Italian. 15 x 10,5 cm. Condition A (some light foxing to cover otherwise good condition).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
55 - ROSSINI - ROME in the Spirit of PIRANESI - "Veduta del Campidoglio Romano" (Araceli Church on the left). 1823. Etched by Luigi ROSSINI (1790-1857). Proof with the letter, on laid paper. Margins. Framed. Like his predecessor Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Rossini focused on existing ancient Roman architecture and excavations in and around Rome, and rendered the classical architecture of Rome and its surrounding countryside in great detail. Unlike Piranesi, he made greater use of bucolic settings in
Estimate €250 - €300 -
56 - ITALY - FLORENCE - RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL PANORAMIC VIEW of FLORENCE - "FLORENTIA", with the Arno in the foreground on the left, the cathedral and the Palazzo Pubblico in the center, a group of fortified buildings with the Medici coat of arms flying above on the extreme left, and the church of San Miniato al Monte in the distance on the right. c.1650Panorama in 4 plates (of which 3 planchets), etching and burin after Claes Janz VISSCHER (1587-1652). Proofs on laid paper. Watermark: Fleur de lys in
Estimate €50,000 - €65,000 -
57 - ITALY - GENOVA - RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL PANORAMIC VIEW OF GENEVA - "GENOA", view from the sea. XVII century. Panorama in 4 plates, engraved with etching and burin. Proofs on laid paper. Publisher's monogram and date "FWH excudit A.1657" in a cartouche with ribbons, in the upper right corner of the 4th sheet. Small margins. Beautifully printed. Exceptionally rare we have not found any copy that has been sold or kept in a library or museum. 45 x 206 cm approximately. Condition A (Very rare small sta
Estimate €50,000 - €65,000 -
58 - ROME - EXCEPTIONAL PANORAMIC VIEW OF ROME by Giuseppe VASI (1710-1782) - "Prospetto del 'Alma Cittá di Roma visto dal Monte Gianicolo e sotto gli auspici della sac. Maestà catto. di Carlo III re delle Spagne". Rome, 1765. Magnificent panoramic view in 12 plates engraved with etching and burin by G. Vasi. Proofs on laid paper, planed. Title cartouche at lower left with a dedication to Charles III of Spain and a list of about 390 monuments or sites in the tablet. RARE COPY WITH ITS ENGRAVED FLOR
Estimate €12,000 - €15,000 -
59 - BELGIUM - J.B. VRIENTS - RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL PANORAMIC VIEW OF ANTWERP - "ANTVERPIA". Tot Antwerpen: Ian Baptista Vrients, 1610. Panorama in 4 plates, engraved with etching and burin. Proofs on laid paper. Published by Johann Baptist Vrients (1552 - 1612). Margins. Of great rarity. Jan Baptista Vrients first published this image of the city in 1610, after having been granted the privilege to do so for ten years by Albert and Isabella, Archduke (1559 - 1621) and Archduchess of Austria. At the ti
Estimate €50,000 - €65,000 -
60 - POLAND - CRAKOW - RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL PANORAMIC VIEW of CRAKOW - XVIIth century. Panorama in 4 plates, engraved with etching and burin. Proofs on laid paper. Bearing the following handwritten annotation in brown ink in the central cartouche "Cracow - Cracow". Small margins. This extremely rare panoramic view of Krakow is a true testimony of the importance of this city in the 17th century as a royal residence, episcopal see and university town. This anonymous engraved composition, invaluable as
Estimate €50,000 - €65,000 -
61 - RARE PANORAMIC PLAN OF PARIS, circa 1617, by Pieter van den KEERE (1571 1646). RARE & EXCEPTIONAL 4 plate plan in elevation, engraved with etching and burin. Born in Ghent in Holland in 1571, Pieter van den Keere, also named in the Latin fashion Petrus Kaerius, was related to Jodocus Hondius, and after having been his disciple, became like him a cartographer in London (because of religious persecutions). In 1627 he published an "Atlas Minor", whose 63 maps cover all the continents according to t
Estimate €15,000 - €20,000 -
62 - CORSICA - SEUTTER MAP - "INSULA CORSICA olim REGNI TITULO INSIGNIS, nunc Genuensis Reipublicae potestati subjecta, juxta recentissimam designationem mappa Geographica aeri incisa", by MATTHAEUM SEUTTER (Georg Matthaüs SEUTTER (1678 - 1757)), Augsburg (Augusta Vindelicorum), c.1730. Etched map on laid paper. Colours. Good margins. Beautiful map of Corsica rich in topographical and historical elements. Top left: title in Latin within a precious figured cartouche (a Corsican, wearing a dagger on h
Estimate €600 - €650 -
63 - CORSICA - MAP OF CORSICA - "CORSICA" & MALTA. c.1850. Map engraved by Pietro Allodi, after Filippo Naymiller. Colours. Vellum paper. Published by Francesco Pagnoni in Milan. Map of MALTA on the left side of the composition. Margins. Good condition. 46 x 36,5 cm. Condition A (Slight trace of median horizontal fold).
Estimate €100 - €120 -
64 - CHARENTE-MARITIME (17) - "ROCHEFORT, View of the PLACE COLBERT". c.1860. Lithograph in colors by Charles MERCEREAU (1822 - 1864, native of Rochefort). Proof on wove paper. Plate from the series "Les villes de France". Printed by Frick Frères, in Paris and published by Amand Giraud, Librairie Nouvelle, in Rochefort. Margins. 48 x 65 cm. Condition A (Rare stains).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
65 - CÔTE D'OR (21) - "VIEW of DIJON, taken from the Fontaine des Suisses in 1835". 19th century. Lithograph, on wove paper. Caption under the subject. Margins. 11 x 19,5 cm. Condition A (Good condition).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
66 - CÔTE D'OR (21) - DIJON - "Plan of the location of the Theater projected on the ground of the Ste Chapelle of DIJON". 19th century. Printed in red chalk, on laid paper. Caption under the plan. Small margins. 24,5 x 15,5 cm. Condition A (rare small marginal stains).
Estimate €100 - €120 -
67 - CÔTE D'OR (21) - DIJON - [The Hotel de la Volière]. 19th century. Architectural plan drawn and painted in watercolor. Layered paper. 21,5 x 41 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
68 - MARITIME MAP of the GIRONDE estuary and the city of BORDEAUX (33) - MEDOC - J. VAN KEULEN "Paskaart van de Garomne of rivier van Bordeaux", c.1682. Engraved map published in Amsterdam by Johannes van Keulen (1654 - 1715). Layered paper. From the book "De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee- Atlas ofte Water-Waereld. Vertoonende in zig alle de Zee-Kusten des Aardryks. Maritime map from the coast to the estuaries of the Gironde near Bordeaux and the surrounding area. Format 57 x 51 cm at sight. Conditi
Estimate €250 - €300 -
69 - PAS-DE-CALAIS (62) - JOLLAIN (Gérard) - VIEW of "CALAIS". c.1680. Etching and burin engraving. Proof on watermarked laid paper (bunch of grapes). Sold in Paris at Jollain, rue St Jacques in the city of Cologne. RARE and BEAUTIFUL VIEW with the legend in French and Latin on the history of the city. Fine margins of the copper. 38,5 x 51 cm. Condition B/C (Cut inside the copperplate mark, rare light foxing, trace of old median vertical fold and restored tear to the right in the sky).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
70 - PAS-DE-CALAIS (62) - "PLAN de la Ville de LENS en ARTOIS assiégée par l'Armée du Roy très Chrétien Louis xuy (LOUIS XIV) commandée par le Mareschal de GASSION le 23 septembre, rendue à l'obéissance de Sa Majesté le 3 du mois d'octobre ensuivant 1647". In Paris, by the Sr. de BEAULIEU, Engineer and Geographer, Ord. of the King with Priv. of His Majesty. Rare and beautiful engraved map. Watermarked laid paper (Jesus). At the top left the Table for the Camp and further right the Table for
Estimate €100 - €150 -
71 - SAVOIE (73) - TUNNEL DES ALPES (MODANE / Italy (BARDONNECHE) - XIXth century. Engraved by Dulos. Plate from the "Annales des Ponts et Chaussées" (around 1863). Margins. 30 x 39,3 cm. Condition B/C (A tear of about 8cm on the right, some original folds and rare light foxing).
Estimate €100 - €120 -
72 - MONT-BLANC - HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) - PHOTOGRAPHY FUMEX - (The Mont-Blanc from ST GERVAIS LES BAINS). Photograph covered with the back of the stamp "Cliché A. Fumex à St-Gervais". 30 x 38,5 cm. Condition B (A small brown spot on the left).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
73 - SEINE-MARITIME (76) - "Environs du HAVRE". c.1813. Aquatint engraved by François AUBERTIN (Metz 1783 - Ghent 1821), after the painting by Noël. Printed in colours with the register and heightened. Signed in the plate. Proof with the letter, printed by Bassan on wove paper. In Paris, at Noël, Md d'estampes, Rue St Jacques n°16 and Bulla, Rue St Jacques n°38. 48 x 58 cm. Condition A (Cut to the copperplate, a short tear in the right margin, a few rare stains in the margins of the copperplate
Estimate €150 - €200 -
74 - SEINE-MARITIME (76) - "PORT OF FÉCAMP". c.1813. Aquatint engraved by François AUBERTIN (Metz 1783 - Ghent 1821), after the painting by Noël. Printed in colours with register and enhanced. Signed in the plate. Proof with the letter, printed by Bassan on wove paper. In Paris, at Noël, Md d'estampes, Rue St Jacques n°16 and Bulla, Rue St Jacques n°38. 48 x 58 cm. Condition A (Cut to the copper, some tears and stains in the margins, small dents in the paper or epidermis in the subject).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
75 - LOT of about 150 engravings XIXth (in black or colors), TOPOGRAPHY mainly on France (SOMME / SAVOIE / PARIS), Gastronomy etc. Various formats. Condition A/B
Estimate €50 - €80 -
76 - LOT of about 100 engravings XIXth (in black or colors), BALLONS - TOPOGRAPHY (Maps & views of various regions of France, AMERICA, EUROPE), some small portraits, 1 map of GUYANA... Various formats. Condition A/B
Estimate €50 - €80 -
77 - LOT of about 80 miscellaneous plates DECORATION, PARIS, Thematic + 2 vols. Art and Industry + 1 vol. The Studio (vol.16 n°71) + 1 vol. Language, its history, its laws (March 1865) + 1 vol. L'artisan pratique, Revue mensuelle d'Art décoratif (1st Dec. 1913).
Estimate €50 - €80 -
78 - LOT of about 25 plates including 1 print after H.M. Raymond TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864 1901) entitled "May Belfort", measuring 45 x 32 cm.
Estimate €50 - €80 -
79 - NAPOLEON - "Campaign of France 1814". Lithograph after the painting executed in 1864 by Ernest MEISSONIER (1815-1891). The painting is kept in the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris. 31 x 48,5 cm for the subject. 41,5 x 59 cm with the frame. Condition B (not examined outside its damaged frame).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
80 - NAPOLEON - PORTRAIT of "BONAPARTE I Consul of the French Republic". 19th century. Engraved by Pierre AUDOUIN (1776-1831), after P. Bouillon. Colours. The bas-relief representing the "Battle of Marengo, ordered by the 1st Consul in person, on 25 Prairial year 8", is engraved by Jean Duplessi-Bertaux. With the address "à Paris, chez DANLOS, quai Malaquai 1". 35,5 x 25 cm at sight for the subject. 46 x 36 cm with the frame. Condition A (Not examined out of its frame)
Estimate €200 - €250 -
81 - NAPOLEONIAN ENGRAVING - VERNET / JAZET - "First Regiment of Hussars in Riflemen", c.1829. Beautiful aquatint engraved by Jean-Pierre JAZET (Paris 1788 - 1871), after Horace VERNET (Paris 1789 1863). Proof with the name of the artists and the title, on wove paper. Ref: I.F.F After 1800, n°105. Engraving representing General Clary on horseback. 55 x 68 cm at sight. 71 x 86 cm with the Empire frame in wood and gilt stucco. Condition A (Not examined out of its frame).
Estimate €400 - €600 -
82 - NAPOLEON ON HORSE - "NAPOLEON, Campaign of France". c.1844. Large lithograph by Julien, Z. Gengembre & Sabatier; after CHARLET (Paris 1792 - 1845). Printed in colours and enhanced, on wove paper. Proof with the dry stamps of the publishers Bulla & Delaune (Paris); Desmaisons Cabasson and Jeannin (London). Printed by Lemercier, in Paris. Margins. Beautiful equestrian portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte. 77,5 x 56,5 cm. Condition A (Slight handling marks in the margins and a trace of light wetness on t
Estimate €180 - €200 -
83 - "NAPOLEON and his time". c.1830. SYNOPTIC TABLE illustrated with a beautiful engraving representing Napoleon. Coloured. laid paper. Typography of Firmin-Didot Frères, rue Jacob n°24. 6th edition, only deposit, at M. Levasseur Fils, Bâtiment des Petits-Pères. Margins. Good condition. 97 x 66 cm. Condition A (Good state of preservation).
Estimate €150 - €180 -
84 - NAPOLEON - "Vie Politique et Militaire de Napoléon composée de 40 sujets représentants ses principales Actions, dessinés et gravés par les meilleurs artistes". In Paris, at Decrouan, rue St Séverin, n°14, 1829. Complete work. 42 plates including 1 title page 'Fastes de la Nation Française par Ternisien d'Haudricourt'. Proofs on wove paper. Printed by Benard and Delarue. Hardback cover with title. Nice work. In-4 (35 x 27 cm). A/B condition (some stains and foxing on the cover, some foxin
Estimate €250 - €350 -
85 - NANTEUIL Robert (Reims 1630 1678) - Portrait of "Guillaume de Lamoignon, First President of the Parliament of Paris and Marquis of Basville (1617-1677)". 1663. Original burin. Ref: Robert-Dumesnil, Tome IV, n°120, Petit Jean & Wickert, n°97. 33 x 25.5 cm. Condition B (Formerly mounted proof, rare spotting and some foxing).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
86 - AUDOUIN Pierre (17681822) - "Portrait of MARIE LOUISE, Archduchess of Austria, Empress of the French Queen of Italy". 1810. Portrait engraved in poitillé by Pierre Audouin after the bust of François-Joseph Bosio (17681845), on a drawing by Pierre-Michel Bourdon (17781841). Colours. Imperial cartouche Austrian double-headed eagle. Framed. 40 x 31 cm on sight for the subject. 55,5 x 47,5 cm with the frame. Condition A (Minor foxing, not examined outside its damaged frame)
Estimate €250 - €300 -
87 - PORTRAITS of LOUIS XVI & MARIE-ANTOINETTE. 2 portraits engraved by SCHINKER, after the paintings of Joseph BOZE & LEBRUN. Proof on wove paper. Reference: De Vinck, n°428. Margins. 48 x 35 & 28 x 26 cm. A/B condition (some stains or small foxing in the margins and on the reverse).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
88 - VALCK Gérard (16521726) - "Eugenius Franciscus Princeps Sabaudiae et Pdedmontii" (Rare and large PORTRAIT of PRINCE EUGEN OF SAVOIE). 1696-1716 (circa). Engraved with a burin after Johann Matthäus von Merian (1659-1716). Proof with the letter, on watermarked laid paper (Fleur de lys in a crowned shield & letters). Small margins. 57,5 x 42,2 cm. Condition A (Printing folds to the right in the background).
Estimate €400 - €600 -
89 - DREVET Pierre (Lyon 1664 Paris 1739) - "Portrait of Louis de BOURBON, PRINCE OF CONTI, presented to his Serene Highness by his very humble and obedient servant Drevet". 1700. Engraved with etching and burin after the painting made in 1697 by Hyacinthe RIGAUD (Perpignan 1659 Paris 1743). Ref: Gilberte Levallois-Clavel, Pierre Drevet, engraver to the king and his pupils Pierre-Imbert Drevet, Claude Drevet, PhD thesis Lyon 2, 2005, n° 30. Firmin-Didot, n°66. I.F.F XVIIIth, n°35. Proof of the 1st
Estimate €500 - €600 -
90 - PORTRAITS - RIGAUD & others - Reunion of 13 plates 1- "Lamoignon de Malesherbes", 1803, after one of his friends two days before his arrest, by P.M ALIX. Black Manière in colours, on laid paper. 34 x 27 cm. 2- "Carolus Franciscus de Lorme", by TARDIEU. Burin, on laid paper. 38,5 x 28,8 cm. 3- "Jacobus Benignus Bossuet", after H. RIGAUD by EDELINK. Late print on laid paper. 40,7 x 28 cm. 4- "Melchior de Gillier", 1652, drawn and engraved from life by Robert NANTEUIL. RD 102. 31,7 x 24,6 cm. 5- "
Estimate €150 - €200 -
91 - PORTRAIT OF CARLE VERNET DRAWING. 1818. Original lithograph by Horace Vernet (Paris 1789 1863). Proof on wove paper. Signed and dated in the plate. Printed by C. Motte, rue des Marais. 34 x 25,7 cm. Condition A (Rare scattered foxing).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
92 - CALAMATTA Luigi (Italy 1801-1869) (After) - PORTRAIT of "Mr F. Van DE POLL, Staats Raad, Burgemeester der Stad AMSTERDAM". 1832. Lithograph. Proof on China paper applied, printed by Desgerrois &Co. and published by Frans Buffa en Zonen in Amsterdam. Margins. Frederick van de Poll, born in 1780, was the king's commissioner in the province of Utrecht from 1840 to 1850 and died in 1853. 55 x 43,5 cm. Condition B (Few small stains, some marginal foxing and slightly dusty).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
93 - CALLIGRAPHIC PORTRAIT of "COMMISSIONER TOULIPAN & ANGELIQUE". 19th century. Drawn with pen and black ink on cream laid paper (D&C Blauw) and signed "Bernard fecit". 45,5 x 42 cm. Condition B/C (rare tears on the right edge of the sheet, some small stains or foxing and unstained paper).
Estimate €600 - €800 -
94 - OLD PHOTO by E. GINSBOURGER - [Little boy holding a TENNIS racket in his left hand]. Signed and located "Mulhouse" in the lower right corner. 50 x 40,5 cm (oval subject). Condition A.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
95 - REVOLUTIONARY CARTOON - ROBESPIERRE - "We will eat the world and the Kings will be silent". c.1793. Etching. Layered paper. Small margins. 16 x 9,5 cm. Condition B (Rare stains and traces of wetness on the edges of the sheet).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
96 - CARTOON - TRAVIES DE VILLERS Charles J. (1804-1859) - "What a dream! 1834. Original lithograph. Proof with the letter, on vellum. Printed by Delaunois, rue du Bouloy 9 and published in "La Caricature (Journal) n°190" by Aubert. 28,3 x 35,5 cm. Condition C (Trace of vertical fold in the middle and some foxing).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
97 - VANITY - "Symbolum II / Promptitudo ad mortem". c.1640. Engraved by R. SADELER. Typographic text on verso. Mottled paper. Fine margins. 9,5 x 5,2 cm. Condition A (Good condition).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
98 - VANITY - c.1854. Engraved with etching by Louis GIRY (XIXth). Printed in bistre on cream wove paper. Signed and dated "1854" in the plate. Good margins. Good condition. 7,5 x 6 cm for the subject. 32,5 x 25 cm for the sheet. A condition.
Estimate €100 - €150 -
99 - "DEATH PLAYING THE VIOLIN". 1846. Original etching engraved by Charles JACQUE (Paris 1813 1894). Signed with the initials in point in the upper right plate. Reference: Guiffrey, n°122. Proof of the unique state, on wove paper. Good margins. 26,5 x 18,5 cm. Condition B (some light foxing in the slightly dusty margins).
Estimate €400 - €500 -
100 - DANCE OF THE DEAD. 19th century. Anonymous print. Colours of the period. Vellum paper. Margins. 29,5 x 23 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €100 - €150
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