Old engravings, prints, topography...
Tuesday 27 January 2026 at 13:00
9 rue de Provence, 75009 Paris
317 lots
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101 - MANCHE (50) - "View of MONT SAINT MICHEL". c.1955. Lithograph by Bernard VILLEMOT (1911-1989), printed in colors. Proof on Arches wove paper. Stamped on verso "Executée d'après la maquette d'une affiche réalisée en 1955 par la Sté Nationale des chemins de fer français ...". Good margins. Subject created for an SNCF tourism poster to promote tourism to Mont-Saint-Michel. 76 x 55.8 cm. Condition B/C (trace of vertical fold on the left part of the subject, rare small folds and light soiling i
Result €150Estimate €150 - €200 -
102 - MORBIHAN (56) - "Old bridge at KERENTRECH, near LORIENT". 19th century. Original Sketch (probably by Félix Benoist) in graphite, on wove paper. Located "à Lorient ancien pont de Kerantrec" 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 Nantes (from 1854). 23.5 x 32.5 cm. A/B condition (few small stains on edges, otherwise good condition).
Result €160Estimate €150 - €200 -
103 - MORBIHAN (56) - "Near CARNAC". 19th century. Original Sketch (probably by Félix Benoist) in graphite, on brown wove paper. Situated "Près de Carnac" 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). 21.3 x 29.8 cm. A/B condition (very rare spots of freckling, otherwise good condition).
Result €200Estimate €200 - €300 -
104 - MORBIHAN (56) - "Chateau de Napoleonville (Château de PONTIVY) (Morbihan)". c.1860. Original Sketch by Félix Benoist in graphite, on bluish wove paper. Preparatory drawing for the lithograph "Château de Napoleonville, anciennement Pontivy (Morbihan)", published in "La Bretagne contemporaine" in Paris by Charpentier in 1863. Situated "Chateau de Pontivy (Morbihan)" lower left in pencil. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (18
Estimate €300 - €400 -
105 - MORBIHAN (56) - "Chapelle de QUELVEN (Morbihan)". c.1860. Original Sketch by Félix Benoist in graphite on wove paper. Preparatory drawing for the lithograph "Chapelle de Quelven, Pres de Pontivy (Morbihan)", published in "La Bretagne contemporaine" in Paris by Charpentier in 1863. Situated "Chapelle de Quelven (Morbihan)" 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 Pa
Estimate €250 - €300 -
106 - MORBIHAN (56) - "Eglise de GOURIN Morbihan". c.1860. Original Sketch probably by Félix Benoist in graphite, on brown wove paper. Situated "Eglise de Gourin Morbihan" lower left in pencil and handwritten annotation on the right "raise all the figures in the 1st plan by one and a half centimeters to decrease by the same amount at the bottom". 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
Estimate €350 - €400 -
107 - MORBIHAN (56) - "PLAN cadastral du Canton de GUÉMÉNÉ, Arrondissemnt de SAVENAY complété et réduit à l'échelle d'un à quarante mille par F.J. PINSON [], par Charles de TOLLENARE", 1856. Plan drawn on stone by TERTRIN in Nantes. Lithograph on wove paper. Colored boundaries. Printed by Cheneveau, Nantes. Margins. Folded in half. 62 x 89 cm. Condition A (slight traces of handling, good overall condition).
Estimate €100 - €150 -
108 - MORBIHAN (56) - PORTRAIT of Marshal de BELLE-ISLE. 1775. Engraved with etching and burin by Vincent VANGELISTY (1740-1798). laid paper. Copper margins. 26.2 x 19.8 cm. Condition A/B (cut at copperplate mark, rare light foxing and minor handling soiling in margins and verso).
Estimate €80 - €120 -
109 - BAS-RHIN (67) - STRASBOURG - "Representation of games, dances and exercises with swords [...]". 1745. Etching and burin by Jacques-Philippe LE BAS (1707 - 1783). Ref: I.F.F XVIIIème, T.XIII, n°39. Proof with the letter, on laid paper. Plate from the series "Représentation des fêtes données par la Ville de Strasbourg pour la convalescence du Roi". Copper margins. 44.8 x 76 cm for the engraving. 46 x 77 cm for the support. Condition B/C (cut on the inside or at the edge of the copperplate, so
Estimate €100 - €200 -
110 - BAS-RHIN (67) - STRASBOURG - "Representation of the Faubourg de Saverne of the City of Strasbourg [...]. Invented, drawn and produced by M. Weis (1711 - 1751), engraver of the city of Strasbourg". 1745. Etching and burin engraving by Jacques-Philippe LE BAS (1707 - 1783). Ref: I.F.F XVIIIème, T.XIII, n°30. Proof with the letter, on laid paper. Legend in the tablet. Plate from the series "Représentation des fêtes données par la Ville de Strasbourg pour la convalescence du Roi". Fine margins
Estimate €100 - €200 -
111 - BAS-RHIN (67) - STRASBOURG - "Representation of the Town Hall of Strasbourg [...]. Invented, designed and produced by M. Weis (1711 - 1751), engraver for the city of Strasbourg". 1745. Etching and burin engraving by Jacques-Philippe LE BAS (1707 - 1783). Ref: I.F.F XVIIIème, T.XIII, n°34. Proof with the letter, on laid paper. Plate from the series "Représentation des fêtes données par la Ville de Strasbourg pour la convalescence du Roi". Fine margins. 45.2 x 77 cm for the engraving. 46 x 77
Estimate €100 - €200 -
112 - BAS-RHIN (67) - STRASBOURG - "Representation of the arrival and descent of King LOUIS XV in front of the main portal of the Cathedral Church of Strasbourg [...]. Invented, designed and produced by M. Weis (1711 - 1751), engraver for the city of Strasbourg". 1745. Etching and burin engraving by Jacques-Philippe LE BAS (1707 - 1783). Ref: I.F.F XVIIIème, T.XIII, n°32. Proof with the letter, on laid paper. Legend in the tablet. Plate from the series "Représentation des fêtes données par la Vil
Result €100Estimate €100 - €200 -
113 - SAVOIE (73) - MOÛTIERS / BLAEU - "Moustiers". 17th century. Blaeu Joannis, 1682-1700. View of the town decorated with the coat of arms of the Duchy of Savoy, supported by angels. The engraving depicts the town with great attention to detail. The saltworks are shown in the foreground and a cartouche at the bottom, with 16 captions. Original etching, published in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu. laid paper. Good margins. 56 x 67cm. Condition (good state of preservation).
Estimate €120 - €200 -
114 - HAUTE SAVOIE (74) - THONON-LES-BAINS / BLAEU - "Thonon". 17th century. Blaeu Joannis, 1682-1700. Rare bird's-eye view of the town of Thonon-les-Bains on Lake Geneva. The engraving depicts the town with great attention to detail and 27 captions. It is enriched with the coat of arms of the Duchy of Savoy in an elaborate cartouche. Original etching and burin engraving, published in Amsterdam by Joan Blaeu. Laid paper. Good margins. 57.5 x 121 cm (two leaves attached). Condition A (good).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
115 - SEINE -MARITIME (76) - CAUDEBEC-EN-CAUX - "First view of the surroundings of Caudebec in Normandy". Etching and burin engraving by Yves-Marie LE GOUAZ (1742-1816) and Jacques ALIAMET (1726-1788), after Jakob Ph. HACKERT (1737-1807). Ref: I.F.F 18ème, n°2. Proof with the letter. Framed piece. 34 x 42 cm for the subject. 50 x 56 cm with frame. Condition B/C (stains visible mainly in the margins, not examined outside its frame).
Result €11Estimate €10 - €20 -
116 - SEINE -MARITIME (76) - ROUEN - "La cour des Libraires, Cathédrale de Rouen". 1914. Original etching engraved by Louis JOUAS-POUTREL (1874 - 1957). Signed and dated in the plate lower right. Proof on wove paper, signed in pencil by the artist and stamped by the publisher (Société Normande de Gravure, Lugt 2300a). Full margins. 66 x 50.5 cm. Condition A (rare stains and foxing in margins and verso, subject in good condition).
Estimate €90 - €120 -
117 - SEINE -MARITIME (76) - ROUEN - [View of the city and the Cathedral of Rouen". 19th century. Original lithograph by Albert ROBIDA (1848 - 1926). Signed in the plate. Proof on cream wove paper, numbered 73/125 and countersigned in pencil by the artist. Full margins. 49.5 x 33 cm. A/B condition (rare foxing in the margins, edges slightly sunned).
Estimate €70 - €90 -
118 - YVELINES (78) - PONT DU PECQ - "Heroic Defense of the PONT DU PECQ". c.1815. Lithograph. French text in lower margin "On July 1, 1815, the English and Prussian armies were looking for a way to cross the Seine to surprise Paris [...]". Fine wove paper. Printed by MAYER & PAUL, Saint-Gerlain-en-Laye. Margins. 40.3 x 51 cm. Condition A (Good condition).
Result €220Estimate €100 - €200 -
119 - VENDEE (85) - "Chapelle du Mont des ALOUETTES (or Chapelle des Herbiers)". c.1860. Original DRAWING (probably by Félix Benoist) in graphite and enhanced with white gouache, on 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). 26.7 x 19.5 cm. Condition A (slight traces of handling, otherwise good condition).
Result €100Estimate €100 - €200 -
120 - VENDEE (85) - "Château de TIFFAUGES, Poterne du donjon". 1887. Original etching by Octave de ROCHEBRUNE (1824 - 1900). Artist's name, date and title in the tablet. Proof on watermarked laid paper (letters AM in a crowned shield), with number 369 at top right. Good margins. 26 x 35.5 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate €70 - €90 -
121 - VENDEE (85) - LA GARNACHE - "Château de la GARNACHE". 19th century. Original etching by Octave de ROCHEBRUNE (1824 - 1900). Proof on chine paper, formerly glued at the corners to glazed wove paper. Small copper margins. 7.8 x 10.5 cm. Condition A (cut inside the copper mark, good condition).
Estimate €30 - €50 -
122 - VENDEE (85) - "Interior of the DOLMEN de la FREBOUCHERE". 1863. Original etching by Octave de ROCHEBRUNE (1824 - 1900). Signed with initials and dated in point below the subject on the left. Proof on thin wove paper. Faint margins. 12 x 16.6 cm. Condition A (good condition).
Result €40Estimate €40 - €60 -
123 - VENDEE (85) - LES HERBIERS - "Ruines de l'Abbaye de la GRAINETIERE". 1864. Original etching by Octave de ROCHEBRUNE (1824 - 1900). Signed and dated in the plate lower left. Proof on laid paper formerly mounted by the corners on wove paper. Filleted margins. 11.2 x 16 cm. Condition A (good condition).
Result €50Estimate €50 - €80 -
124 - VAL DE MARNE (94) - RIGAUD - "Vüe de la MAISON ROYALLE DE CHOISY du côté du jardin". 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 "chez l'auteur rue St Jacques à Paris". Good margins. 37.5 x 54 cm. Condition A (some light marginal foxing).
Estimate €90 - €150 -
125 - "PORTRAIT of Elizabeth Jacobs Bas". 1887. Etched and drypointed by Charles WALTNER (1846 - 1925), after Ferdinand Bol (painting in the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands). Proof before letter but with the address of Boussod, Valadon & Cie, on parchment. Remarkably engraved with "dog's head". Signed in pencil by the artist. Margins. Framed piece. Subject approx. 45.5 x 34 cm. 84 x 69 cm for the frame. Condition A/B (not examined outside its frame).
Estimate €50 - €100 -
126 - NAPOLEON - Engraved copper depicting a Napoleonic scene. 18.5 x 27 cm.
Estimate €50 - €100 -
127 - CANON D'AUTEL. Engraving with polychrome decoration of biblical scenes and saints in medallions on a classical architectural background. Designed by J. Desmarest and engraved by G.J.B Scotin l'ainé. Antique colors. With address "à Paris, chez Lenoir Pillaut, rue Saint Jacques, n°6". Margins. Framed piece. 52 x 76 cm for the sheet. 58 x 83 cm for the frame. Condition A (a few marginal tears, subject in good condition when viewed... not examined outside its frame).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
128 - ALTARPIECE (MARCILLY). 19th century. Color lithograph by A. Bouillon. Printed by Lemercier, Bénard & Cie and published in Paris by Marcilly. Framed piece. 42 x 55 cm for the subject. 50 x 62 cm for the frame. Condition B/C (foxing and dusting, not examined outside its frame). Attached is a reproduction of a map after Cassanus depicting "Terra d'Otranto". 45 x 55 cm for the frame. Condition A. Set of 2 pieces.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
129 - REVOLUTION OF 1830 - DELACROIX - "Liberty guiding the people, July 28, 1830". Etching and burin after Eugène DELACROIX, by Louis Adolphe SALMON (b. 1804). Proof with engraved remarks, artist's name and date in the tablet, on Arches laid paper. Handwritten annotation in pencil "Collection Robaut". Good margins. Engraving after Eugène Delacroix's 1830 painting "La Liberté guidant le peuple", inspired by the revolution of the Trois Glorieuses. 54.5 x 72 cm. Condition B/C (foxing and short tears
Estimate €70 - €90 -
130 - "The QUEEN OF SABA". Early 19th century. Anonymous engraving in antique colors. Proof on watermarked laid paper (coat of arms), with the address "à Paris chez CODONI aîné Rue Grenétat n°2, Passage St Denis. Copper margins. 23 x 32 cm. Condition B (a few stains and foxing in the margins and verso, subject in good condition).
Estimate €70 - €90 -
131 - Anton VAN DYCK (after) (1599 1641) - "Portrait of Martin Pepyn". Burin engraved by Schelte Adams Bolswert (c.1586 1659). Ref: New Hollstein, no. 80. Mauquoy-Hendrickx, no. 24. Proof with the letter on laid paper coated on verso with an unidentified collector's mark on verso. Margins. 26 x 17 cm. Condition A (rare small scattered foxing in lower margin, good condition and fine impression).
Estimate €90 - €120 -
132 - Anton VAN DYCK (after) (1599 1641) - "Portrait of Joannes Van Ravesteyn". Burin engraved by Paul Pontius (Antwerp 1603 1658). Ref. New Hollstein, no. 83. Mauquoy-Hendrickx, n°60. Fine proof on strong laid paper with an unidentified collector's mark on verso. Margins. 25.3 x 17.5 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate €90 - €120 -
133 - Jacques-Nicolas TARDIEU (1716 - 1791) - "PORTRAIT of Robert LE LORRAIN". 1749. Etching and burin after Donat Nonnotte (1708-1785). Ref: Le Blanc, n°18. Proof with the letter, on laid paper. Copper margins. 35.7 x 24.5 cm. Condition A/B (cut inside the copperplate mark, light dust soiling).
Estimate €70 - €100 -
134 - PORTRAITS of the illustrious Royal Family of LOUIS QUINZE, Roy de France et de Navarre". [Continuez, tige féconde / A nous donner des rejettons [...]].c.1750. Etching and burin engraving. Proof on laid paper, with the address "A Paris chez Selis rue St Dominique près le Luxembourg" (Gérard SELIS, publisher in Paris from c.1746 to c.1753). Small margins. 29 x 18.3 cm. Condition A (Good condition).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
135 - Gérard EDELINCK (1640 - 1707) - PORTRAIT of the painter "TITIEN". c.1700. Engraved with etching and burin. Proof on laid paper, with the excudit of Drevet (1663 - 1738). Margins. 36 x 23.5 cm. Condition B (margins and verso slightly sunned and dusty, subject in good condition).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
136 - PORTRAIT of Philippe WOUWERMAN (painter, 1619-1668) - "Philippus Wouwerman pictor Batavus". Etching and burin engraved by Nicolas Gabriel Dupuis (1698-1771), after a drawing by Cornelis de VISCHER (c.1619-1662). Ref: I.F.F XVIIIème, n°15. Proof on watermarked laid paper (letters), inscribed on verso with the collector's marks of L.A. de Vries (Lugt not described) & of the Society of Art Lovers, PICTURA, in Groningen (Lugt 2028). 40.3 x 26.9 cm. Condition A (cut inside the copper mark but n
Result €80Estimate €80 - €100 -
137 - PHYSIONOTRACE - "Portrait of a woman, right profile". 1810. Portrait engraved with a physionotrace by Chrétien (1754-1811). Wove paper. Margins. The physionotrace was a machine invented in 1784 or 1785 by Gilles-Louis Chrétien that enabled life-size pastel portraits to be drawn "mechanically". These portraits, called "grand trait", were then etched on a copper plate. 15 x 11.5 cm. Condition B/C (rare small stains or foxing in the margins, lightly oiled).
Result €50Estimate €50 - €80 -
138 - VANITY - Johann Nepomuk STRIXNER (1782 - 1855) - "A monk contemplating a skull by candlelight". 19th century. Lithograph after Lodovico CARRACCI. Proof on wove paper. Margins. 34 x 28.3 cm. Condition A (rare small stains or foxing in the margins, good condition).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
139 - MONUMENT FUNEBRE to CHARLES VII, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. 1746. Etching and burin engraving by Johann Evangelist EDLWECKH. Proof formerly cut to the subject and mounted on wove paper. 31.5 x 19.3 cm. Condition B (a few light stains).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
140 - DRAWING - [Dead Jesus, reclining]. 19th-20th century. Pencil drawing on heavy wove paper. Drawing done on a grid. 24 x 31.5 cm. Condition A (good condition).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
141 - DEAD ALLEGORY - Ink and watercolor drawing on laid paper (D&C Blauw). Handwritten inscription in pencil: "Mortales Dominus euctos in luce [...]". 33.5 x 47 cm approx. Condition B (some foxing, short tears at edges, some traces of old folds).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
142 - CARICATURE - "FREEDOM of the PRESS among the English". c.1800. Etching engraved by an anonymous person, in old colors. Proof on laid paper. Margins. 29 x 37.3 cm. Condition B (marginal foxing and on verso).
Result €150Estimate €150 - €200 -
143 - Meeting of 6 subjects of children. Circa 1900-1920.
Estimate €60 - €80 -
144 - DIABOLO - "Leçon de diable, ou le Diable couleur de rose". c.1810. Engraved by Georges Jacques Gatine (b.1773). Antique colors. laid paper. Plate n°55 in the series "Le Bon genre". Margins. 29.5 x 20.2 cm. A/B condition (scattered light foxing, otherwise good condition).
Estimate €120 - €150 -
145 - OPTIQUE - "Weeping willow" ALLEGORY: Funeral tribute to the royal family, with the SILHOUETTES of LOUIS XVI, MARIE-ANTOINETTE... c.1800. Etching engraved by an anonymous artist. Proof before any letter, on laid paper. Copper margins for three sides, small margin at foot. 22 x 16.4 cm. Condition A/B (cut inside the copperplate mark on three sides, some scattered foxing in the margins and on the reverse, subject in good condition).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
146 - DAGUERREOTYPE - CAMERA OBSCURA - Honoré DAUMIER - "Patience is the virtue of donkeys". 1840. Lithograph. Signed with the artist's initials in the plate. Ref: Delteil, n°805. Proof of the 3rd state of 3, published in the Charivari (text on verso). Plate from the "Proverbes et Maximes" series. Printed by Aubert & Cie, and published by Bauger in Paris. Nicknamed the "daguerreotype", this process involved fixing the positive image obtained in the camera oscura onto a copper plate coated with a
Estimate €60 - €80 -
147 - OMNIBUS - After James POLLARD (1797 - 1867) - "A view on the highgate Road". c.1829-1836. Etching and aquatint in colors by Charles HUNT (1803†1877). Published in London, by J. Moore ("London Published bt J. Moore at his Picture Frame Manufactory No 1 West Street Upper St Martins Lane"). Margins. 42.5 x 53.5 cm. Condition B (Formerly laminated proof, rare scattered foxing, slightly sunned and dusty).
Estimate €80 - €100 -
148 - The completed KITE. 1790-1810. Dotted engraving by BELVEDERE, after the painting by Richard WESTALL (1765 - 1836). Proof with the letter, on laid paper formerly mounted from the top on card. Margins. 37 x 43.7 cm. Condition B (a few small stains and/or foxing, slightly darkened, subject little affected).
Result €100Estimate €100 - €200 -
149 - MARINE - "FRANCE" (PAQUEBOT with 4 propellers driven by turbines...). 1912. Lithograph in color, after Edouard ADAM (1847-1929). Signed and dated in the plate. Printed by Crété, Paris. Caption in French and English in lower margin. Margins. 49.5 x 77 cm. Condition B (formerly doubled, rare short marginal tears, small hint of epidermure in the sky and a few creases).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
150 - PLACARD - "ESSAI de GEOMETRIE et de TRIGONOMETRIE, dedicated to Monsieur le Général de Division Charles FREGEVILLE, commandant de la Légion d'honneur, et de la 9è Division militaire". 1813. Typographed text and engraved border. A MONTPELLIER, de l'Imprimerie de BONNARIQ, Félix-Avignon et Migueyron, Rue Arc-d'Arène, n°56. AN XIII". 58.5 x 42.5 cm. Condition B (a few stains and scuffs, tears formerly restored, lined on japon).
Result €320Estimate €70 - €100
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