In search of lost treasures
Tuesday, 5 May 2026 at 14:00
9 rue de Provence, 75009 Paris
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1 - LOT of prints and miscellaneous (about 20 pieces).
Result
150 €
3 - LOT OF 5 ESTAMPES/DESSINS: 1-ALGERIA - [Scene of Algerian Life]. 1892. Anonymous watercolor on paper, located and dated in pencil lower right. 17.5 x 9.5 cm. Condition A (well preserved). 2-CHINA - PAINTING depicting a figure of the investiture of the Gods (?). 19th century. Painting on paper. 42.5 x 32.5 cm. Condition B/C (a few short tears on the edges of the sheet, foxing). 3-FINISTERE (29) - "Pointe du RAZ". 1924. Pencil and watercolor on paper, located and dated lower left. Unidentified sig
Estimate
100 € - 200 €
4 - LE BAS / PARIS - Reunion of 2 engravings: "La belle après dîné". 1781. Engraved with etching and burin by LE BAS Jacques-Philippe (Paris 1707-1783), after Karl DUJARDIN (Amsterdam 1626-Venice 1678). Ref: I.F.F, n°151. Proof with letter and Arms. A Paris, chez l'auteur, rue de la Harpe. Margins. 34 x 27.5 cm at sight. 42 x 36 cm with frame. A "VUE de l'Entrée des CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES et de la PLACE DE LA CONCORDE" is included. Early 19th century. Etched, figures enhanced in watercolor. 22 x 40 c
Result
10 €
5 - LARGE MAP OF EUROPE AND ASIA - GRAND CIRCUIT DES CAPITALES, c.1950 - JEU ANCIEN. Color lithograph and letterpress. From the Menier Chocolate Competition Collection. Large advertising map, created for a Menier Chocolate "Collection-Concours", illustrates the "Grand Circuit des Capitales". The map represents a vast territory stretching from Europe to the Far East, via North Africa and the Middle East. A dotted red route links the capitals, each marked by an emblematic monument (the Eiffel Tower in
Estimate
200 € - 300 €
6 - NEW GUINEA - Jarl FALCK (1901 - 1983) - Original POSTER for the "New Guinea, Upper Morobe and Lower Seik" Exhibition at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris. 1956. Printed by Bedos & Cie in Paris. Not canvas-backed. 76.5 x 56 cm. A/B condition (a few traces of folds, a very short tear at foot).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €
7 - "African Hunter. 19th century. Original lithograph by Horace VERNET (1789-1863). Signed and dated in the plate. Ref: Béraldi, n°191. Fine proof on wove paper. Full margins. 30 x 44.5 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate
150 € - 200 €
8 - CHINA - NANKIN - "Porcelain tower in NANKING, from Nieuhof". c.1750. Etching engraved by Tardieu after Johan Nieuhoff. laid paper. Proof cut to the square line and formerly glued at the corners to a vellum pepire. 18 x 26.3 cm. Condition A (trace of vertical fold, otherwise good condition).
Result
85 €
9 - CHINA - RUSSIA - ADVERTISING for RUSSIAN TEA and CHINA TEA imported by Auguste TURIN in Paris. 19th century. Engraved wood. Thin paper. 32 x 23.3 cm. B condition (rare small creases and some scattered foxing).
Result
530 €
10 - ORIENTALISM - "Ismael and Mariam in the Desert". 19th century. Lithograph by FLEURY. Proof on brown wove paper, printed by G. Engelmann. Coated with the collector's mark of Emmanuel Alfred BEURDELEY (Paris 1847-id. 1919) (Lugt 421). Margins. 27 x 20.5 cm. A/B condition (some foxing and trace of oblique fold).
Result
125 €
11 - ORIENTALISME - [Oriental woman and her slave]. 17th century. Original burin engraving by Theodore Joan van MERLEN ((1609-1672). Proof on laid paper. 26.3 x 19 cm for the engraving. 29.5 x 21.5 cm for the support. Condition B (cut at the border or subject and formerly glued by the edges on wove paper, two traces of horizontal folds).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €
12 - IRAN - "Under the walls of TEHERAN (PERSIA)" (dromedary). 1863. Original etching. Signed in the plate. Proof with the letter, on papier chine appliqué. Printed by Delâtre and published by Cadart & F. Chevalier, Paris. Planche de la Société des Aqua-fortistes, 1ère année". Good margins. 33.3 x 52 cm. Condition A (some foxing on margins and verso, otherwise good condition).
Estimate
120 € - 150 €
13 - ASIA - "ASIA" (Allegory). Etching and burin after Theodore Bernard Barentsz, known as Dirck Barendsz. Copy in 18th century counterpart from the engraving by J. Sadeler executed in 1581. Proof on laid paper. Small margins. 19 x 23.5 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €
14 - AMERICA - Manuscript PASSPORT issued to JOHN GORDON, native of BOSTON, shipwrecked on the VENDEE coast (85), from the ship "La jeune Périne". Said passport issued on 28 Floréal Year VII (17 May 1799) by the municipal officers of Les SABLES-D'OLONNE, who signed with two ship captains. Entirely handwritten document on laid paper. 29.5 x 21.5 cm. Condition B/C (lack at top right cutting off a small part of the beginning of the text, document damaged).
Estimate
200 € - 300 €
15 - UNITED STATES - NEW YORK - "On Broadway". 1946. Print by Chas Laborde (1886-1941). Wove paper. 26.5 x 21 cm. Condition A (very slight insolation, good overall condition).
Estimate
80 € - 100 €
16 - AMERICA - PORTRAIT of the famous John HANCOCK (1737-1793), President of the Anglo-American Congress. 1777-80. Etching and burin by DUPIN. Proof on laid paper, with the address "A Paris chez Esnault et Rapilly, rue S. Jacques, à la Ville de Coutances, A.P.D.R". Margins. 28 x 20.5 cm. Condition A (small crease and short tear in lower margin, rare small stains on verso, good condition of ocnservation).
Estimate
60 € - 80 €
17 - CANADA - NIAGARA FALLS - "Der Niagara-Wasterfall". 19th century. Lithograph. Wove paper. Margins. 20.5 x 28 cm. Condition A (glued at the corners to blue paper, good condition).
Estimate
60 € - 80 €
18 - SURINAME - PORTRAIT of GRAMAN QUACY. 18th century. Engraved by TARDIEU l'aîné (1674-1749). Proof on laid paper. Small margins. Kwasimukamba or Graman Quassi (1692-1787) was a freed slave who became a Surinamese physician and botanist in the 18th century. This engraving is taken from John Gabriel Stedman's account, "Voyage à Suriname et dans l'intérieur de la Guyane...", recounting a five-year expedition against the rebellious blacks of Suriname. 27.8 x 20.5 cm. Condition A (good state of pre
Result
100 €
19 - SURINAME - "SURINAM PLANTER in morning dress". 18th century. Engraved by TARDIEU l'aîné (1674-1749). Proof on laid paper. Small margins. This engraving is taken from John Gabriel Stedman's account, "Voyage à Suriname et dans l'intérieur de la Guyane...", recounting a five-year expedition against the rebellious blacks of Suriname. 27.8 x 20.5 cm. Condition A (good state of preservation).
Estimate
80 € - 100 €
20 - PRECOLUMBIAN AMERICA - Jarl FALCK (1901 - 1983) - Original POSTER for the Exhibition "Les chefs d'œuvre de l'Amérique Précolombienne, XXVIIIème Congrès international des Américanistes, Cinquantenaire de la Société des Américanistes" at the Musée de l'Homme. 1947. Lithograph. Printed by Bedos & Cie in Paris. Uncoated. 78.5 x 57 cm. Condition A/B (a few traces of folds, rare very short tears on the edges of the sheet, otherwise good overall condition).
Estimate
300 € - 400 €
21 - PERU - Jean CARLU (1900 - 1997) - Original POSTER for the "Art ancien du Pérou, Collectin Nathan Cummings" Exhibition at the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris in 1956. Color lithograph. Printed by Presses Artistiques. Uncoated. 63 x 45.5 cm. Condition B (small stains at corners, small traces of adhesive on verso, some light traces of folding and handling).
Estimate
200 € - 300 €
22 - MEXICO - MAP of the Empire of México, for the Histoire générale des Voyages, 1754. Engraved map, on laid paper. 24.5 x 31.5 cm. A/B condition (margins for three sides, copper margin on right, traces of original folds, good overall condition).
Estimate
30 € - 50 €
23 - RUSSIA - PORTRAIT of ALEXANDER I, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias. c.1800. Etching and burin engraving by Pierre AUDOUIN (1768-1822), after a drawing by Laurent. Proof with the letter, printed by Durand. 22 x 16.5 cm. Condition C (formerly mounted on framed spine, board cut damaged, some staining and sunstaining).
Result
80 €
24 - POLAND - POLISH POSTER - MILOSC SZEJKA (The Sheikh's Love), PANSTWOWA OPERETKA (Warsaw, Poland), Marian Lida (1928-2002), Ian Majdrowicz & Kazimierz Winkler. 1969. Original poster. Unscreened. 82.5 x 56.5 cm. Condition B/C (a tear on the right reaching a little to the subject, some folds, traces of wetness on the reverse a little visible on the front right).
Estimate
80 € - 100 €
25 - TURKEY - PORTRAIT of TURHAN, wife of Sultan IBRAHIM I - "Emine Sultane principale du Grand Turc Hibraim". 17th century. Etching and burin. Proof on laid paper, published by Balthasar Moncornet (1600 - 1668). Formerly mounted by the right angles on strong paper covered with the collector's mark of Louis BONGARD (1921-2008), architect (Lugt 6176). Margins. 21.5 x 16 cm. A/B condition (some light foxing to margins and verso).
Result
160 €
26 - SPAIN - VALLADOLID - "Portal of San Gregorio de Valladolid". Original etching and drypoint by Pierre LABROUCHE (1876-1956). Fine proof on wove paper, numbered 27/45 and signed in pencil by the artist. Coated with the Estampe Nouvelle stamp (Lugt 886). Margins. 43.5 x 42.7 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate
70 € - 100 €
27 - SCOTLAND - Frank LAING - "Monument in Edinburgh". c.1900. Original drypoint by Frank LAING (1862 - 1907). Signed in the plate. Proof on laid japon paper, countersigned in pencil by the artist. Margins. 32.5 x 24.8 cm. Condition A/B (remnants of sticker at the edge of the right margin, some light marginal foxing and three tiny stains).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €
28 - BELGIUM - NAPOLEON - "Carte générale du Théâtre de la dernière Campagne de Napoléon Bonaparte en Belgique" & on the same sheet "PLAN DE LA BATAILLE de MONT SAINT-JEAN, dite de WATERLOO ou de la Belle-Alliance". Etching and letterpress. Antique colors. Watermarked blue laid paper (bunch of grapes). Paris, by A. Tardieu and J. Goujon. Margins. 54 x 36.5 cm. Condition A/B (rare small stains at lower left and rare traces of small folds, otherwise good overall condition).
Result
250 €
29 - PARIS (75) - LOUVRE - ARCHITECTURE - "La Face opposite du Tribunal du Louvre". 1607. Etching after Jacques ANDROUET DU CERCEAU (Architect in Paris, Paris c.1515 - Annecy 1585), on laid paper. Proof with good margins. Plate from the "Plus excellents Bastiments de France" series. 41.5 x 54 cm. Condition A/B (trace of original median vertical fold, two wormholes in upper margin, subject in good condition).
Estimate
80 € - 100 €
30 - PARIS (75) - LOUVRE - ARCHITECTURE - "Louvre, l'ordre de l'architecture du deuxième étage du coste des salles dans la court du Louvre". 1607. Etching after Jacques ANDROUET DU CERCEAU (Architect in Paris, Paris c.1515 - Annecy 1585), on laid paper. Proof with good margins. Plate from the "Plus excellents Bastiments de France" series. 41.5 x 53.5 cm. Condition A/B (trace of original median vertical fold and other folds, two wormholes in upper margin, slightly darkened, subject in good condition
Estimate
80 € - 100 €
31 - PARIS (75) - "Rue de la Montagne Ste Geneviève". Original etching and drypoint by Charles-Jean FORGET (1886 - 1960). Proof with remark (a merchant and her cart) and signature etched in the tablet, on wove paper. Margins. 63.5 x 46 cm. Condition A (margins slightly faded, good overall condition).
Estimate
80 € - 100 €
32 - PARIS - PANTHEON PROJECT - "Geometrical view of the portal of the New Church of Saint Geneviève, Patron Saint of Paris". c.1757. Etching and burin engraving by CHARPENTIER. Proof on laid paper. 33 x 41 cm. Condition B (cut at the square line and slight traces of insolation).
Estimate
90 € - 120 €
33 - PARIS - "View of the PORTE ST DENIS of the city of Paris from the outside". 17th century. Original etching engraved by Israël SILVESTRE (1621 - 1691). Proof on thin laid paper, with the address "A Paris chez Israel au logis de Monsieur le Mercier Orfèvre de la Reyne rue de l'Arbre sec proche la croix du Tiroir". Margins. 10 x 17 cm for the subject.18 x 26.3 cm overall. Condition A (reembossed later, a rare small stain in the sky, otherwise good condition).
Estimate
70 € - 90 €
34 - PYRENEES - MELLING. Voyage pittoresque dans les Pyrénées françaises et dans les départements adjacents... 1826-1830. Set (incomplete) of approximately 62 plates engraved in aquatint by PIRINGER & SALATHE from drawings by Antoine Ignace MELLING (1763-1831). Proofs on wove paper. All with margins. Plates depicting the most remarkable sites, monuments and settlements in the BASQUE COUNTRY, Navarre, Béarn, Bigorre, the counties of Comminges and Foix and Roussillon, and a lithographed fronti
Result
200 €
35 - AISNE (02) - ARCHITECTURE - CHÂTEAU DE COUCY - "Coussi, the second plan of the building". 1607. Etching after Jacques ANDROUET DU CERCEAU (Architect in Paris, Paris c.1515 - Annecy 1585), on laid paper. Proof with good margins. Plate from the "Plus excellents Bastiments de France" series. 41.5 x 55 cm. Condition A (trace of original median vertical fold, slight insolation at the latter, two wormholes in upper margin).
Result
80 €
36 - AISNE (02) - ARCHITECTURE - CHÂTEAU DE COUCY - "Coussi, La cheminée des neuf preuses". 1607. Etching after Jacques ANDROUET DU CERCEAU (Architect in Paris, Paris c.1515 - Annecy 1585), on laid paper. Proof with good margins. Plate from the "Plus excellents Bastiments de France" series. 41.5 x 54.5 cm. Condition A (trace of original median vertical fold, slight insolation at the latter, two wormholes in upper margin).
Result
80 €
37 - ALPES-MARITIMES (06) - MENTON "PONT SAINT LOUIS, près Menton". 19th century. Original Sketch (probably by Félix Benoist (1818-1896)) in graphite on wove paper. Situated "Pont St Louis près / Menton" lower right in pencil. Coated with a dry stamp "M. POTTIN à Nantes / invention et perfectionnement / papier pellée / toile de 2 teintes". 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
200 € - 300 €
38 - ALPES-MARITIMES (06) - NICE & DURANUS- "Couvents de Cimies et de SAINT-PONS et le Paillon près de Nice". 19th century. Original Sketch (probably by Félix Benoist (1818-1896)) in graphite on wove paper. Situated "Couvents de Cimies et de St Pons et le Paillon près Nice" lower left in pencil. A second pencil drawing on verso depicting a view of "DURANUS" (located lower left). Handwritten annotations in pencil at foot. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1
Estimate
250 € - 300 €
39 - ALPES-MARITIMES (06) - VALDEBLORE & LA TOUR - "VALDEBLORE, La Bolline and La Roche". 19th century. Original Sketch (probably by Félix Benoist (1818-1896)) in graphite on wove paper. Situated "Valdeblore, La Boline La roche" lower left in pencil. A second pencil drawing on verso depicting a view of "LA TOUR" (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 i
Estimate
250 € - 300 €
40 - ARDECHE (07) - OLD PHOTOS of the CHÂTEAU de MONTIVERT, Hotel Ae du BOIS DE BOULOGNE & HÔTEL Rue de la Faisanderie. 8 old photos formerly pasted on brown wove paper. 94 x 64 cm overall. Condition B/C (some staining and foxing, dusting and tears to the backing sheet).
Estimate
100 € - 200 €
41 - BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE (13) - [Rue de MARSEILLE & Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde]. c.1890. Original etching. Signed with the artist's monogram in the plate. Proof on wove paper, numbered 99 from an edition of 100 and countersigned in pencil by the artist. Margins. 50.5 x 32.5 cm. Condition B (one tear in right margin, rare small marginal tears, subject in good condition).
Result
100 €
42 - CALVADOS (14) - "LISIEUX". 1923. Original etching and drypoint by Henry CHEFFER (1880 - 1957). Signed with the monogram and located in the plate lower left. Proof on cream wove paper, countersigned in pencil by the artist. Full margins. 50 x 38 cm. Condition A/B (a few marks of handling in the margins, partially and lightly soiled).
Estimate
80 € - 100 €
43 - CHARENTE-MARITIME (17) - ROYAN - OZANNE - "Le Port de ROYAN, Vu des hauteurs de la Garenne". 1776. Etching and burin by Y. Le Gouac (1742-1816), after the painting by Nicolas OZANNE (1728 - 1811). Proof with the letter, on laid paper, with the address "A Paris chez Le Gouaz Graveur, rue St Hyacinthe la 1ère porte cochère à gauche en entrant par la Place St Michel". Copper margins. 23.5 x 31.5 cm. Condition A/B (cut at the edge of the copperplate mark, slight trace of old median vertical fold
Estimate
100 € - 200 €
44 - CHARENTE-MARITIME (17) - ILE DE RE - OZANNE - "Le Port de St Martin de Ré, Vu au-dessus du Grand Balay". 1786. Etching and burin by Y. Le Gouac (1742-1816), after a drawing by Lomet. Ref: I.F.F XVIIIème, n°56. Proof with the letter, on laid paper, with the address "A Paris chez Le Gouaz Graveur, rue St Hyacinthe la 1ère porte cochère à gauche par la Place St Michel". Plate from the series of Ports de France drawn for the King in 1776 by Sieur Ozanne Ingénieur de la Marine. Margins. 29 x 4
Estimate
200 € - 300 €
45 - CÔTES D'ARMOR (22) - BULAT-PESTIVIEN - "Church of Notre-Dame de BULAT near Pestivien". 19th century. Original Sketch by Félix Benoist (1818-1896) in graphite on brown wove paper. PREPARATORY DRAWING for the lithograph entitled "Eglise Notre Dame de Bulat" for the album "La BRETAGNE CONTEMPORAINE", published by Charpentier in Nantes. Situated "Eglise de N.D de BULAT près de Pestivien (Côtes du Nord)" lower right in pencil. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (178
Estimate
400 € - 500 €
46 - CÔTES D'ARMOR (22) - GUINGAMP - "Eglise de Guingamp". 19th century. Original Sketch (probably by Félix Benoist (1818-1896)) in graphite on wove paper. Situated "Eglise de Guingamp" 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). 30 x 22.3 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate
200 € - 300 €
47 - CÔTES D'ARMOR (22) - "Château de KERGRIST". 19th century. Original Sketch (probably by Félix Benoist (1818-1896)) in graphite on blue wove paper. Located "Kgrist près LANNION" 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 x 31 cm. Condition A (well preserved).
Estimate
200 € - 300 €
48 - CÔTES D'ARMOR (22) - "LEHON, près DINAN". 19th century. Original Sketch (probably by Félix Benoist (1818-1896)) in graphite on wove paper. Situated "Lehon / Lehon près Dinan (Côtes du Nord)" 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). 22.3 x 42 cm. Condition A (rare small creases and marks of handling on the edges of the sheet,
Result
360 €
49 - CÔTES D'ARMOR (22) - "LAMBALLE". 19th century. Original Sketch (probably by Félix Benoist (1818-1896)) in graphite on wove paper. Situated "Lamballe (C. du Nord) / Eglise N.Dame" lower left in pencil. Close to the lithograph entitled "Lamballe", for the album "Bretagne Contemporaine" published by 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 Nantes (from 1854). 23.8
Estimate
250 € - 300 €
50 - CÔTES D'ARMOR (22) - "DINAN". 19th century. Original Sketch by Félix Benoist (1818-1896) in graphite, enhanced with white gouache and ink, on wove paper. Located "Dinan" lower left in pencil. PREPARATORY DRAWING for the lithograph entitled "Dinan, Cotes du Nord", for the album "GALERIE ARMORICAINE" published in 1848 by 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 i
Result
260 €
51 - CÔTES D'ARMOR (22) - "Castle between MATIGNON and [?] Original Sketch (probably by Félix Benoist (1818-1896)) in graphite on wove paper. Situated "Château entre Matignon et [...]?" 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). 26 x 35 cm. Condition A (two very short consolidated tears at top edge, well preserved).
Estimate
180 € - 200 €