Null Éloi BÉRAL (Cahors, 1838-1908), attr. To. 12 cardboard-mounted albumen prin…

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Éloi BÉRAL (Cahors, 1838-1908), attr. to. 12 cardboard-mounted albumen prints, [1864]. Eight plates from the same series as the previous lot (including 3 portraits of Éloi Béral rifle in hand, 12 x 10 cm) and 4 smaller anecdotal photos.

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Éloi BÉRAL (Cahors, 1838-1908), attr. to. 12 cardboard-mounted albumen prints, [1864]. Eight plates from the same series as the previous lot (including 3 portraits of Éloi Béral rifle in hand, 12 x 10 cm) and 4 smaller anecdotal photos.

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[Richard C. RAPIER - Remunerative railways for new countries; with some account of the first railway in China London, New York, Berlin, Calcutta, Melbourne, 1878 - First edition of this important work devoted to the first railroad in China, with numerous plates and illustrations. Enriched with a handsome autograph letter from the author to Monsieur Eloi Béral. Bound in publisher's full percaline, first plate decorated with a gilt plaque. In-8, 114pp.

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