Null FRENCH COLONY OF COTE D' IVOIRE - FREE FRANCE.
Commemorative philatelic env…

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FRENCH COLONY OF COTE D' IVOIRE - FREE FRANCE. Commemorative philatelic envelope "France! May 21, 1944, PRISONER'S DAY. Numbered document, illustrated with the Cross of Lorraine, the stamps installed in the shape of the V of victory, date stamp ABIDJAN May 21, 1944. Presence of nine stamps: complete aircraft series 1/5 + Camoé rapids 2 F 50 (161) & 1 F 75 (127 A).

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FRENCH COLONY OF COTE D' IVOIRE - FREE FRANCE. Commemorative philatelic envelope "France! May 21, 1944, PRISONER'S DAY. Numbered document, illustrated with the Cross of Lorraine, the stamps installed in the shape of the V of victory, date stamp ABIDJAN May 21, 1944. Presence of nine stamps: complete aircraft series 1/5 + Camoé rapids 2 F 50 (161) & 1 F 75 (127 A).

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FAUCHER de SAINT-MAURICE (Narcisse). Far from home. Souvenirs from Europe, Africa and America. Quebec City: Imprimerie générale de A. Coté et Cie, 1889. In-8, green half-calf with corners, ribbed spine, red and brown morocco titles and goblets, speckled edges (period binding). First edition. A French-language journalist and writer from Quebec, the author recounts his 1888 trip from Quebec City to Le Havre, Rouen, Paris, Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, Nîmes, Arles and Marseille. This trip was an opportunity for the author to meet Québequois living in France. Later, he continued his journey to the French colonies of Tunis and Algeria. A fine copy, bearing on the title page a small N stamp with an imperial crown in an oval, most probably from a member of the imperial family.

Estim. 1 800 - 2 000 EUR

Russia - OUVAROV (Alexei Serguievitch). [Research on the Antiquities of Southern Russia and the Black Sea Coast]. Izledovaniia o drevnostiach ioujenoï Rossii. St. Petersburg, State Papers Printing House, sd (1851-56). In broadside, chromolithographed title leaf (in Russian), and 40 lithographed or engraved plates, captioned in Russian and French (including 8 plans, and 14 color plates), in ff. green half cloth portfolio, smooth muted spine, title-piece to center upper board (modern binding). A good copy. This is the only atlas of Recherches sur les antiquités de la Russie méridionale et des côtes de la Mer Noire, published in Russian in 1855, of which there is a French translation by Didron (1855-1860, reprinted in 1865 and 1885). Alexei Serguievitch Ouvarov (1825-1884) developed a passion for archaeology, which eventually became his career. Founder of the Moscow Archaeological Society in 1864, he carried out numerous excavations in various regions of the Empire. Here, a campaign in the south of the country is documented: Olbia du Pont, an ancient Greek city and colony of Miletus; the Dnieper basin; Crimea. (Detailed list of plates on request.) (Brunet IV, 262-263.)

Estim. 1 600 - 1 800 EUR

Possibly PIERRE LOTTIER (France, 1916 - Santa Susana, Spain, 1987). Desk with chair and cupboard, Empire style. Walnut wood, bronze decorations. It shows marks of use and wear. Needs refinishing. Measurements: 78 x 160 x 83 cm (table); 96 x 65 x 61 cm (chair); 175 x 203 x 60 cm (cabinet). Set of furniture in French Empire style, probably designed by Pierre Lottier. A great connoisseur of period furniture, Lottier revived styles and deployed in them singular syncretisms to turn his pieces into unique works. The walnut desk features walnut root soffits flanked by stipe-like columns topped by bronze busts. This echoes the Egyptian influence that also inspired the Empire style. The cabinet stands on bronze claw feet. The top is lined with leather upholstery. The matching chair has the same motifs: female busts in gilded bronze, claw feet, studded leather upholstery on the edges. The cabinet is structured in three modules, the central one with a grille that reveals the shelves inside. The bust stipe motif compartmentalizes the modules. Pierre Lottier was a prominent furniture designer and decorator born in France but based in Barcelona, active from the post-war period. Already in the sixties and seventies he had an important workshop, where important cabinetmakers of the new generation were trained. Lottier was mainly dedicated to the decoration of important houses in the Catalan capital, although he also designed others outside the city, such as Ava Gardner's house in Madrid. Born into a family of artists (his father was the famous restaurateur and namesake Pierre Lottier who founded in 1880 "La Reserve" on the Côte d'Azur, one of the high society establishments most valued by millionaires and aristocrats), Pierre Lottier settled in Madrid in the 1930s, set apart by French society. He came into contact with the Spanish elite of the time as a procurer of important works of art, especially porcelain and oriental bronzes. In the 1950s he settled between Madrid and Barcelona. He collaborated with important design houses such as Casa Valentí or Casa Gancedo for the most historical fabrics. Pierre Lottier began emulating the career of Marc du Plantier and the famous Maison Jansen in Paris. His beginnings were based on the purity of the French "Grand Gout", mainly centered on Louis XV and XVI styles. Later, in the 1950's, it drifted to the English styles typical of the late 18th century: Hepplewhite, Adam, Chippendale, Sheraton or Gillwood were the surnames with which Lottier was most inspired. By 1970 the style drifted into a more modern wake. His new designs were based on Art Deco and classical rationalism, typical of a new, more intellectual society.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 100 EUR

PIERRE LOTTIER (France, 1916 - Santa Susana, Spain, 1987). Pair of replica mirrors Bilbao Mirror, 60's. Painted wood and metal. Signatures on the back. Presents marks of use and wear. Measurements: 103 x 57,5 x 6 cm. The so-called "Bilbao Mirrors" were characterized by being made of pink marble adhered to wood and having thin columns with delicate plaster decorations, often with an urn or painting in the center. The name of the mirror comes from the pink marble that originated in Bilbao. They were shipped to port cities along the east coast of the United States, most notably New England. Born into a family of artists (his father was the famous restaurateur and namesake Pierre Lottier who founded in 1880 "La Reserve" on the Côte d'Azur, one of the high society establishments most valued by millionaires and aristocrats), Pierre Lottier settled in the 1930s in Madrid, set apart by French society. He came into contact with the Spanish elite of the time as a procurer of important works of art, especially porcelain and oriental bronzes. In the 1950s he settled between Madrid and Barcelona. He collaborated with important design houses such as Casa Valentí or Casa Gancedo for the most historical fabrics. Pierre Lottier began emulating the career of Marc du Plantier and the famous Maison Jansen in Paris. His beginnings were based on the purity of the French "Grand Gout", mainly centered on Louis XV and XVI styles. Later, in the 1950's, it drifted to the English styles typical of the late 18th century: Hepplewhite, Adam, Chippendale, Sheraton or Gillwood were the surnames with which Lottier was most inspired. By 1970 the style drifted into a more modern wake. His new designs were based on Art Deco and classical rationalism, typical of a new, more intellectual society.

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