Null Important set of postcards

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Important set of postcards

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Important set of postcards

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Estim. 80 - 120 EUR

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Estim. 5 000 - 7 000 EUR

DEPOT GENERAL DE LA MARINE. Collection of 211 hydrographic charts. Paris, 1780-1849. Very good overall condition. All charts are on strong paper, sometimes slightly yellowed, slight foxing, some ink transfer on double plates. The maps are in broadsheet format. Double maps (with margins) average 69 x 102 cm, single maps 51 x 70 cm. Some maps are in folio format. Important collection of hydrographic charts published by the Dépôt général de la Marine in the 19th century. These charts were used to illustrate the great circumnavigation voyages carried out by French navigators (1787-1839), such as Louis Freycinet's voyage and those of Dumont d'Urville, as well as hydrographic missions carried out in all regions of the world. The Dépôt général de la Marine or Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine, created on November 19, 1720, is the oldest official hydrographic service in the world. This important collection of 211 hydrographic charts retraces 50 years of French exploration in all parts of the world, in North and South America, Africa and Reunion, Asia, the Pacific and Australia. Les Grands Voyages is illustrated by Vincendon-Dumoulin's maps for Dumont-D'Urville's "Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie", as well as maps for the voyages of Lapérouse, Freycinet, Duperrey, Dupetit-Thouars and others. The maps are dated between 1780 and 1849, and despite their large format, are in very good condition. List of maps on request. Lot appraised by Mrs. Béatrice Loeb-Larocque.

Album/book of honor of a St. Ingbert family mostly from 1914 to 1945, with photographs and a handwritten report from World War I, postcards, identification card, identity card, papers regarding evacuation, draft card, photos from World War II, award certificate for the German Mother's Cross of Honor and newspapers from 1949, interesting bundle on contemporary history, stronger traces of age, 4337 - 0001

Estim. 40 - 70 EUR

Photography, photographic postcards, snapshots and miscellaneous. Important set of four hundred mainly silver images, amateur and professional, postcards, etc. Circa 1900-1970. Subjects: Belle époque, soldiers, servicemen, horsemen, Paris, Trouville-sur-ville, Saint-Cloud, Morbihan, Brittany, la Baule, Belle-Ile en mer, Vendée, Savoie, le Croisic, Chinon, sportsmen, events, families, travel, vacations, seaside resorts, etc. Various states and formats.

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