Old prints and drawings
Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 13:00
9 rue de Provence, 75009 Paris
298 lots
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51 - GREECE - "THE PNYX". Black pencil drawing by Jules CHADEL (1870 - 1942), on cream wove paper. Situated and dated "Thursday 30". 21 x 27 cm. Condition A (good condition).
Estimate €60 - €80 -
52 - SWITZERLAND - "La Chappelle de GUILLAUME TELL au Lac des IV Cantons". 19th century. Watercolor on engraved background. Wove paper. Published in Zurich by R. Dikonman Peintre Reindermarht n°353. Margins. 15 x 20.5 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Result €60Estimate €60 - €80 -
53 - SWITZERLAND - LAKE LEMAN - "Lake Geneva at Geneva". Drypoint engraved by Thérèse DELATTRE (?). Fine proof on Arches wove paper. Good margins. 25 x 32.5 cm. Condition A (good state of preservation).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
54 - ROUTES DE France - "Nouvelle CARTE spéciale des Routes de France, dressée d'après la Carte des Relais de Poste et les Travaux les plus récents des Ponts & Chaussées [...]", by LEVASSEUR, and engraved by Ch. DYONNET. Paris, 1854. Revised and enlarged by A.R. Fremin. Engraved map, with colored boundaries. Wove paper. Map illustrated with picturesque views, costumes and coats of arms of the principal Provinces of France. Margins. Folded. 76.5 x 105 cm. Condition B (tear at fold crossing, i
Estimate €120 - €150 -
55 - CARTE du PERCHE - BLAEU, W. - "Perchensis comitatus / Le Perche comté & Comitatus BLESENSIS [...] BLAISOIS". Amsterdam, c.1640. Engraved map, on laid paper. Latin text on verso. Good margins. 48 x 57.5 cm. Condition A (trace of original median vertical fold, good condition).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
56 - PARIS - FRAIPONT - "Entrée de la Cité, vue du pont Saint-Michel" [In the streets of Paris in the 19th century]. Etching and drypoint engraving by Gustave FRAIPONT (1849-1923). Avant toute lettre proof on wove paper, signed in pencil by the artist. Margins. 38.5 x 54.2 cm. Condition A (slightly darkened, otherwise good condition).
Result €80Estimate €80 - €100 -
57 - PARIS (75) - [EIFFEL TOWER, Paris]. Lithograph printed in color, on wove paper. Signed in pencil by the artist "Pierre de G[...]". Margins. 29.5 x 23 cm. Condition A (good condition).
Result €110Estimate €80 - €100 -
58 - PARIS - ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE - "Société amicale des anciens élèves de l'Ecole polytechnique 1865 - 1965". Original burin engraved by Albert DECARIS (1901 - 1988). Signed in the subject in the lower right-hand corner. Proof on Arches wove paper. Full margins. 50 x 66 cm. Condition A/B (partially and slightly darkened, otherwise good condition).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
59 - PARIS - DRAWING - [Hot baths on the Seine]. 19th century. Original lead pencil drawing on blue-green wove paper (two pieces of sheet shaved off), probably by Félix Benoist. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then in Nantes (from 1854). 25.7 x 36 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Result €510Estimate €400 - €600 -
60 - PARIS - DRAWING - [Eglise ST LAURENT & GARE DE L'EST]. 19th century. Original pencil drawing on wove paper, probably by Félix Benoist. Located in gray pencil lower right. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then in Nantes (from 1854). 25 x 35 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate €250 - €300 -
61 - ALPES-MARITIMES (06) - CANNES - Robert VERNET-BONFORT - "La Croisette à CANNES". 1975. Lithograph in colors. Fine proof on wove paper, numbered 126/250 and signed in pencil by the artist. Margins. 54 x 75 cm. Condition A (very slight trace of fold at lower right, barely visible, good condition).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
62 - ALPES-MARITIME (06) - CANNES - Ramon DILLEY (b. Madrid 1932) - "The Carlton Beach in Cannes". c.1970. Original lithograph, printed in colors. Fine proof on Arches wove paper, numbered 57/175 and signed in pencil by the artist. Good margins. 76 x 55.5 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
63 - AUDE (11) - PORT DE LA NOUVELLE - GARNERAY - "VIEW of the PORT DE LA NOUVELLE". Between 1823 and 1832. Drawn and engraved in aquatint by Ambroise Louis GARNERAY (Paris 1783-1857). Proof with the letter, on wove paper. Plate 62 from "Vues des Côtes de France dans l'Océan et la Méditerranée", one of the finest collections of plates ever produced on the subject. Margins. 31 x 48 cm. Condition B (a trace of wetness in the upper margin reaching very slightly to the edge of the subject, some foxin
Estimate €100 - €200 -
64 - BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE (13) - MARSEILLE - GARNERAY - "VUE du PORT de DIEUDONNE, Prise du côté de Marseille". Between 1823 and 1832. Drawn and engraved in aquatint by Ambroise Louis GARNERAY (Paris 1783-1857). Proof with the letter, on wove paper. Plate 56 from "Vues des Côtes de France dans l'Océan et la Méditerranée", one of the finest collections of plates ever produced on the subject. Margins. 31 x 49 cm. Condition B (a trace of wetness in the upper margin reaching very slightly to the edge
Result €100Estimate €100 - €200 -
65 - BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE (13) - MARSEILLE - "EXTRAIT des REGISTRES des Arrêtés de la Préfecture du Département des Bouches-du-Rhône" of July 15, 1813 on the extinction of begging, signed A.C. THIBAUDEAU. laid paper. A Marseille, de l'imprimerie de MOSSY, rue d'Aubagne, n°45. All margins. 39 x 29.5 cm. Condition two small holes in the folds, otherwise good condition).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
66 - CALVADOS (14) - FALAISE - "Rue du dessous de l'Arche, Falaise". 1909. Original etching. Situated, signed (M. Hille Koing ?) and dated in the plate. Proof on Arches laid paper, numbered 9/25 in pencil. Full margins. 61 x 43.5 cm. Condition A/B (margins and verso slightly and partially sunned).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
67 - CALVADOS (14) - PORT-EN-BESSIN - "Trawlers at Port-en-Bessin". Woodcut. Signed with the artist's initials in the lower left-hand plate. Fine proof on wove paper, titled and countersigned in pencil by the artist. Good margins. 37.5 x 28 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
68 - CHARENTE (16) - ANGOULÊME - "Abbaye de la Couronne, near ANGOULEME". 19th century. Original graphite drawing on wove paper. Located lower left in pencil. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then in Nantes (from 1854). 24.3 x 32 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
69 - CHARENTE-MARITIME (17) - "Church of CHERMIGNAC". 19th century. Heliogravure by Dujardin, based on a photograph by Julien LAFERRIERE. Proof on wove paper, dedicated "Hommage de l'auteur" and signed in pencil by the photographer. Margins. 27.5 x 36 cm. Condition A (rare small freckles and/or stains in the margins, good condition).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
70 - CHARENTE-MARITIME (17) - "Abside de l'Eglise abbatiale de NOTRE-DAME de SAINTES, XIIème siècle". 19th century. Heliogravure by Dujardin, based on a photograph by Julien LAFERRIERE. Proof on wove paper, dedicated "Hommage de l'auteur" and signed in pencil by the photographer. Margins. 36 x 27.3 cm. Condition A (occasional foxing in the slightly dusty margins, good condition).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
71 - FINISTERE (29) - "CHATEAULIN (Finistère)". 19th century. Sketch in graphite, probably by Félix Benoist, on brown wove paper. Located lower left. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then Nantes (from 1854). 32 x 23.7 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
72 - FINISTERE (29) - [Seaside, Breton fishermen]. 19th century. Sketch in graphite, probably by Félix Benoist, on greige wove paper. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then in Nantes (from 1854). 22.5 x 32.5 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Result €100Estimate €100 - €200 -
73 - INDRE-ET-LOIRE (37) - CHATEAU DE CHENONCEAU. 19th century. Original lithograph by Albert ROBIDA (1848-1926). Titled and signed in the plate. Fine proof on simili japon paper, numbered 37/125 and with a lithographed remark below the subject. Good margins. 32 x 50 cm. Condition A (good state of preservation).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
74 - FINISTERE (29) - "DOUARNENEZ". Original lithograph by Robert G. SCHMIDT (b. 1938), printed in color, on wove paper. Situated in the plate. Proof signed in pencil by the artist. Margins. 22 x 28.5 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
75 - HERAULT (34) - AGDE - "View of the port of AGDE, taken from the mouth of the Canal du Languedoc". Early 19th century. Original etching and aquatint by Ambroise Louis GARNERAY (1783 - 1857). Proof with the letter, on wove paper. Ref: I.F.F, n°9. Coated with the collector's mark of Aristide Louis ((Toul 1815-1853), burin engraver, Parisà (Lugt 3979). Margins. 28.5 x 39 cm. Condition A (good).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
76 - INDRE (36) - CADASTRAL PLAN - "Tableau d'assemblage du Plan cadastral parcellaire de la Commune de Reuil, canton de VALENCAY, Arrondissement de CHÂTEAUROUX Dépt. De l'INDRE terminé sur le terrain le 20 juillet 1810 [...] évaluations terminées le [...] 1812". Engraved plan. Old coloring. laid paper. Title block at upper right. Margins. Folded in half. 64 x 98 cm. Condition B/C (tear at middle fold on upper part, some stains and foxing, folds, small accidents...).
Result €360Estimate €300 - €400 -
77 - LOIRET (45) - VIEW of "ORLEANS". 1977. Original color lithograph by MONNERET (b. 1922), on wove paper. Fine proof located, justified "H.C" (hors commerce), signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Margins. 28 x 36.5 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate €50 - €80 -
78 - MARNE (51) - REIMS - Georges LE MEILLEUR (1861-1945) - "Reims Cathedral in 1917". 1920. Original etching. Proof before the 1st plan cuts and before the copper reduction, on wove paper, signed in pencil by the artist. Good margins. 57 x 49 cm. Condition B (foxing in the margins and on the reverse, subject in good condition).
Result €190Estimate €180 - €200 -
79 - MORBIHAN (56) - HENNEBONT - BRETAGNE - "HENNEBONT Church". c.1880. Sketch in graphite on cream wove paper (probably by Félix Benoist). Situated in pencil lower left. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then in Nantes (from 1854). 29.8 x 41.5 cm. A/B condition (rare small handling stains, two short tears on the upper edge of the sheet and crease to the left of the subject, ot
Estimate €150 - €200 -
80 - AUVERGNE - RHONE ALPES - 69 - LYON - CHAPUY & BACHELIER - [ Intérieur d'une maison de la rue Juiverie ], Lyon, ca. 1850. Lithograph from the Album Lyonnais designed by Nicolas Chapuy. Printed by Lemercier in Paris. Published by the Société des amis des arts de Lyon. 58 x 41.5 cm - Condition B (Diffuse marginal foxing, marginal tear restored).
Estimate €50 - €80 -
81 - HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) - EVIAN LES BAINS - Ramon DILLEY (b. Madrid 1932) - "Elegante au Lac d'EVIAN". c.1970. Original lithograph, printed in colors. Fine proof on Arches wove paper, numbered 124/175 and signed in pencil by the artist. Good margins. 55.5 x 75.5 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
82 - HAUTE-SAVOIE (74) - PLAN of "SAINT GERVAIS LES BAINS". Early 20th century. Color lithograph after Ripart. Wove paper. Margins. 50 x 63 cm. Condition B (trace of water at the bottom of the subject, slight traces of handling and a short consolidated tear in the lower margin).
Result €70Estimate €70 - €90 -
83 - SEINE-MARITIME (76) - "Etretat". 1863. Original etching engraved by Léon GAUCHEREL (1816-1886). Fine proof on Chine appliqué paper. Printed by Delâtre and published by Cadart & F. Chevalier, Paris. Fine proof with margins. 33.3 x 52 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
84 - SEINE-MARITIME (76) - "CAUTEBEC EN CAUX, La Maladredrie". 1931. Etching on cream wove paper. Situated in the tablet. Fine proof signed, dated and numbered 2/250 by the artist. Full margins. 45.3 x 31.5 cm. Condition A (very good condition).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
85 - YVELINES (78) - RIGAUD - "Vüe du Vieux Château de ST GERMAIN-EN-LAYE. Cette maison est en forme de Pentagone irrégulier d'une Architecture Antique qui règne tout autour". circa 1720-1730. Original etching engraved by Jacques RIGAUD (1681-1753). Proof on watermarked laid paper (letters), covered on verso with the collector's mark of L. BONGARD (Lugt not described). With the address "se vend chez l'auteur rue St Jacques". With royal privilege. Good margins. 37.5 x 54 cm. Condition A (slight tr
Result €150Estimate €100 - €200 -
86 - VAR (83) - View of "TOULON". 19th century. Original Sketch (probably by Felix Benoist) in graphite on brown wove paper. Located lower right in pencil. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then in Nantes (from 1854). 23.3 x 31.5 cm. Condition A (tiny egulle holes in the corners, good condition).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
87 - VENDEE (85) - Félix BENOIST (19th) - [Religious ceremony in VENDEE?]. 19th. Sketch in graphite, on wove paper, for Editions Charpentier. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then in Nantes (from 1854). 24 x 35 cm. Condition A (few small stains, well preserved).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
88 - VENDEE (85) - Félix BENOIST (19th) - [ST LAURENT SUR SEVRE]. 19th century. Sketch in graphite on wove paper. Preparatory drawing for Editions Charpentier. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then in Nantes (from 1854). 27.3 x 36 cm. Condition A (minor scattered foxing).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
89 - HAUTS-DE-SEINE (92) - "Veüe du CHÂTEAU DE ST CLOUD [...]". 18th century. Etching and burin by Antoine AVELINE (1691 - 1743). Fine proof on watermarked laid paper (Jesus). A Paris, chez l'auteur Rue du foin près la rue St Jacques. Good margins. 49 x 64 cm. Condition A (originally folded in two, a short tear in the lower margin, good condition).
Result €270Estimate €200 - €300 -
90 - HAUTS-DE-SEINE (92) - VINCENNES - "Veüe et perspective en général du CHÂYEAU ROYAL DE VINCENNES du côté du Parc à une lieue de Paris [...]". 18th century. Etching and burin by Antoine AVELINE (1691 - 1743). Fine proof on laid paper. A Paris, chez l'auteur. Good margins. 49.3 x 64 cm. Condition A (originally folded in two, well preserved and beautifully printed).
Result €300Estimate €200 - €300 -
91 - HAUTS-DE-SEINE (92) - MEUDON - "Veüe du Chasteau de MEUDON du côté de l'entrée [...]". 18th century. Etching and burin by Antoine AVELINE (1691 - 1743). Fine proof on laid paper. A Paris, chez l'auteur. Good margins. 49.3 x 64 cm. Condition A (originally folded in two, well preserved and beautifully printed).
Result €280Estimate €200 - €300 -
92 - SEINE-SAINT-DENIS (93) - RIGAUD - "Vüe du Château de BAGNOLET, appartenant à S.A.S Monseigneur le DUC D'ORLEANS du côté du jardin, prise du bord du Bassin". circa 1720-1730. Original etching engraved by Jacques RIGAUD (1681-1753). Proof on watermarked laid paper (letters), covered on verso with the collector's mark of L. BONGARD (Lugt not described). With the address "A Paris, chez Rigaud rue St Jacques près les Mathurins". Good margins. 37.8 x 54 cm. A/B condition (light foxing in the goo
Result €190Estimate €100 - €200 -
93 - VAL D'OISE (95) - AUVERS-SUR-OISE - "The old road at Auvers". Original etching engraved by Charles BEAUVERIE (1839-1923). Proof with the letter, on Arches laid paper. Signed in point in the subject. Margins. 27.3 x 36.5 cm. Condition A (very few small marginal stains and on verso, good condition).
Result €60Estimate €60 - €80 -
94 - FRENCH REVOLUTION - "MORAL CLASSIFICATION of the Men who took part in the French Revolution; by César-Eugène GOSSUIN". Early 19th century. Ex. of classes: Popular dictatorship; Weakness and duplicity (Louis Seize); Founders of the new social order (Mirabeau, Napoleon); Traitors (Pichegru, Marmont,...); Political fanaticism (Corday, Sa,d...); Genius of science (Cuvier, Bichat...); Genius of liberty fertilizing the fine arts (Rougé de Lille...) Printed on watermarked laid paper (letters). Print
Result €310Estimate €250 - €300 -
95 - THE LAST JUDGMENT - IMAGERIE D'EPINAL, by Pellerin. 19th century. "Rise, Dead, and come to the Judgment". Woodcut by François GEORGIN (1801-1863). Antique colors. Signed with the artist's initials in the plate. Margins. 63.5 x 41.5 cm. Condition A (originally folded in two, well preserved).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
96 - GENEALOGICAL TREE OF CARDINALS, CHANOINS, ARCHbISHOPS etc... Etching. Proof of a late print on wove paper. Good margins. Folded in two. Same subject printed on both sides. 52.5 x 70 cm. Condition B (some handling soiling and light foxing in the lightly dusted margins).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
97 - HENRI III - "LES NOCES de HENRI DE NAVARRE et de MARGUERITE de France dans la salle des Gardes au Louvre 18-21 août 1572". 1873. Engraving after L. Chevignard, by Edouard GIRARDET. Proof with the letter, on wove paper, printed by A. Salmon. 75 x 103 cm. Condition A (marginal foxing and slight traces of handling).
Estimate €20 - €40 -
98 - "Nouvelle CARTE des ORDRES MILITAIRES ou de CHEVALERIE institués par Divers Princes pour récompenser le mérite ou la vertu de leurs sujets ou par reconnaissance de quelque signélée vistoire", by H. CHATELAIN. c.1720. Etching and letterpress. laid paper. Margins. 54.5 x 64 cm. Condition B (rare scattered foxing, lightly and unevenly sunned, rare short marginal tears).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
99 - JOHN BYNG - "Byng returned or the Council of Expedients - The Quecks of Government..." c.1756. Woodcut. laid paper. Margins. Satirical engraving of Admiral John Byng was an officer of the Royal Navy. 24 x 36 cm. Condition A (one consolidated tear top left, otherwise good condition).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
100 - VOLTAIRE - LOT of 2 engravings: 1-"M. de Voltaire" (Allegory in homage to Voltaire). Manière noire by HOUSTON. Proof on laid paper, published in London. 50 x 33 cm overall. Condition A (trace of oblique fold). 2-"Le déjeuner de FERNEY". Engraved by Née and Louis Joseph Masquelier, after Dominique Vivant DENON. Proof on laid paper, published by the authors in Paris. Ref: Portalis & Béraldi, no. 6. Small margins. 16.5 x 19 cm. Condition A (slight traces of folds, good condition). Set of 2
Estimate €30 - €50
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