RARE BOOKS, ATLASES, MAPS AND GRAPHIC ARTS.

Lot 201 - Asia and Africa Maps. HERISSON. Carte générale de l’Afrique & Carte générale de l’Asie. - HERISSON, Eustache. Carte générale de l'Afrique, divisée en plusieurs royaumes contenant aussi les pays et états voisins, où l'on a tracé les routes des voyages de Cook et les découvertes les plus récentes de Bruce Renell et Levaillant, dressée par Hérisson, élève de Bonne, ancien Ingénieur hydrographique de la Marine. In Paris, chez Basset rue Jacques, au coin de celle des Mathurins, No. 670. Revue corrigée et augmentée en 1822. Copperplate engraving; 530x770 mm. Margins. Original Outlines coloring. Stains, pencil drawing on verso. Bound with: HERISSON, Eustache. Carte générale de l'Asie, où se trouvent les découvertes des iles de Bougainville, Surville, Dampierre et La Pérouse, dressée par Hérisson, élève de Bonne, ancien Ingénieur hydrographique de la Marine. In Paris, chez Basset rue Jacques, au coin de celle des Mathurins, No. 670. Revue corrigée et augmentée en 1822. Copperplate engraving; 540x785 mm. Margins. Original Outlines coloring. Stains, pencil drawing on verso. Map of the Asian continent and all its archipelagos. The title is engraved in the upper right-hand corner in a decorative cartouche. In the lower left-hand corner are numerous graphic scales suggesting the size of the intended audience. The map also contains information on the voyages and discoveries of Bougainville, de Surville, Dampier, La Perouse and Cook of the islands that make up the Solomon archipelago. E. Herisson (1759 - 1818) was a cartographer and geographical engineer active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was a pupil of Rigobert Bonne and many of his works were republished posthumously by Basset, Brue and other publishers.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 202 - Military Maps. FRICX. Carte particulière des environs de Bruxelles, Louvain... & Carte du Duché de Luxembourg. - FRICX, Eugène-Henri. Carte particulière des environs de Bruxelles, Louvain, Diest, Tirlemont, Leau, Vilvorden, Nivelle, Halle, & C. Dressé sur les Mémoires de Eugène Henri Friex en 1743. À Paris chez Crepy, rue St Jacques, à l'Image St Pierre. Copperplate engraving of 510x655 mm. Supporting guards at the central fold. Good condition. Beautiful and rare geographical map depicting the Belgian territory in the region of Flanders and the province of Flemish Brabant in which several cities such as Brussels, Leuven, Tienen, Diest, Vilvoorde etc. are depicted. The map, printed mainly for use and consumption of the military, is striking for its accuracy in the hydrographic and woodland indications, as well as the topography of the small settlements in the illustrated region. Bound with: FRICX, Eugène-Henri. Carte du Duché de Luxembourg, Dressée sur les Mémoires de Eugène Henry Frix en 1744. À Paris, chez Crepy, rue St Jacques, à St Pierre, 1744. Copperplate engraving; 515x665 mm. Magini. Bracket to the central fold. Slight moisture halo to lower margin and a few nicks of use. Beautiful and rare geographical map depicting the territory of the Duchy of Luxembourg and the Belgian territory including the Marquisate of Franchimont, Lordship of Ochen (Liège), Principality of Durbuy, Principality of Bastogne, Lordship of Clervaux, Lordship of Tomen, Abbey of Stablo, etc. The map, printed mainly for use and consumption of the military, is striking for its accuracy in the hydrographic and woodland indications, as well as the topography of the small settlements in the illustrated region. Eugène-Henri Fricx (1644-1730) was a printer, bookseller and engraver from Brussels. He was active from 1670 until his death, printing numerous history books and military maps of Belgium.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 203 - World Map. Plate with 18 time zones to construct a Terrestrial Globe. - World Map. Plate with 18 time zones to construct a Terrestrial Globe.Italy, early 18th century Copperplate engraving. Sheet measuring 553x453 mm. Engraved 516x312 mm. 18 time zones on two bands. Toponyms in Italian. Trace of folding, small restored tear in upper margin, overall good condition, undamaged sheet, untrimmed. Very rare plate with a set of eighteen globe time zones. It contains a few dates, the latest 1702. The part concerning America is of considerable interest, with California represented as an island. Australia "New Holland" is outlined in the Pacific Ocean. Discovered in the year 1644.Of notable interest is the part dealing with America, with California depicted as an island. In the Pacific Ocean is outlined Australia 'New Holland Discovered the year 1644' ['New Holland Discovered the year 1644]. The routes of the most important naval voyages of the time are also indicated. Among these: the voyage of Dutch navigator Willem Cornelisz Schouten, who rounded Cape Horn in 1616, listed as discoverer of 'Terra de Papous ... Terra de Papous ... discovered by Gulielmo Scouten Dutch ... l'an 1616' [Land of Papua ... discovered by Gulielmo Scouten Dutch ... the year 1616] ; the arrival in France of the Siam Embassy in 1686, on two French ships 'Road made from Siam to Brest the year 1686' [Road made from Siam to Brest the year 1686]; The voyage of the Jesuits, led by Papal Legate Maillard de Tournon, to Pondicherry and China in 1702 'Canaries to Pondisery and China the year 1702' [Canaries to Pondisery and China the year 1702], since the mission made a long stop in the Canary Islands. This map of the world is unknown to Shirley, who reports two plates, both much smaller, that show some similarity: one by Anonymous with 9 gores, dated 1660, also with place names in Italian, but with much less information and documentation, and less cartographic accuracy; the other by Pierre du Val, dated 1666, with 12 time zones and place names in French. This map also contains less news and no navigators' routes.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 204 - Wall map. Ducato di Milano. - Duchy of Milan. Wall Map, 18th century Large geographical map, watercolored. 990x 1230 mm. Lined and folded, with turquoise silk border. Title in the center of the map. Small tear in the paper in the central fold. Good condition. Imposing chorographic map of the Duchy of Milan. There are many toponyms, with cities, rivers, lakes, roads, mountains and hills. Cities, villages and inhabited centers, even very small ones, are watercolored in red; the waterways and lakes, in green and blue; the streets in yellow and red. In the center, towards the bottom, the city of Milan. The coats of arms of the cities and counties also appear. The territory depicted is included between: to the north, the Canton of Ury and Monte di S. Gottardo; to the south, Vigevano; to the west, Monte Rosa and the village of Mothen; to the east, Lake Iseo. In the upper left part there is a large Compass Rose. Higher up there is a large writing "Li Grisoni." They are present, among others, in addition to Milan, Bergamo, Crema, Vercelli, Lodi, Biella, Novara.

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 205 - Ottoman Costumes. BRINDESI. Costumes turcs de Constantinople. - In folio, 510x410 mm. Binding in black bradel cloth, front plate with tooled decorated frames, title in the center within a large festoon printed in gold, smooth back. Frontispiece printed in lithography with gilt ornaments. 22 color lithograph plates by Regnier, Bettanier, Lemoine, Bour and others, from original drawings by Brindesi. On the inside cover Ex-libris 'N. Dujardin-Van der Avoort'. Slight dampstaining to corners, small tear in margin of title and plate 5, insignificant traces of wear, good copy. First edition. The splendid, hand-colored plates depict the costumes of the Ottoman court during the reign of Mahmoud II; Brindesi modeled his subjects by portraying the costumes on display in that museum, also documenting the attire of government representatives and military dignitaries. The first panel depicts Mahmoud II wearing ceremonial dress. The full title of the work is: 'Elbicei Atika. Musée des anciens costumes turcs de Constantinople' Elbicei Atika was the name of the costume museum in Constantinople, originally in the armoury of the seraglio. Leonora Navari: "There was in fact an actual museum of costume in Contantinople called the Elbicei Atika. Originally it had been located in the armory of the Seraglio [...]. Brindesi may be using the name metaphorically, or these plates may have been drawn from pieces in the Museum collection."

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 206 - China. DU HALDE. Description geographique historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise. - 4 volumes in-folio, 432x275 mm. Contemporary full marbled brown leather binding, gilt spines, fawn and green morocco lettering-pieces with title and volume number, marbled endpapers, red edges. Vol. 1: Pages [4], VIII, LII, III, [1], 592, 25 Plates out of text. Vol. 2: Pages [4], IV, 725, [1], 10 Plates out of text. Vol. 3: Pages [4], IV, 564, [3], 1 blank, 5 Plates out of text. Vol. 4: Pages [4], II, 520, 25 Plates out of text. With 4 title-pages printed in red and black with title-vignettes, 5 engraved vignettes, 15 engraved plates, many of which on double page, 50 geographical maps on double page or folded, of which 4 folded several times, all engraved in copper. In total 65 Plates out of text s engraved in copper. Some rubbed binding, little loss, half titles and titlepages with slight brownings, some yellowings and browning in some leaves. Traces of wear. Specime with wide margins. Rare first edition. Monumental work accompanied by an imposing iconographic apparatus. Hill: "the first definitive European work on the Chinese empire." Tooley: "the principal cartographic authority on China during the 18th century." The work contains an impressive amount and variety of details on Chinese political institutions, history, education, language, medicine, science, customs, and the artifacts. The plates include maps, city plans, views, life and costume scenes, and portraits. The plates are engraved by Delahays, Leparmentier, Desbruslin, Bailleuil. The important maps are by Royal geographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782), considered the best cartographer of his time. Based on surveys conducted by French Jesuits at the behest of Emperor Kang Hsiand, the work constitutes the first scientific mapping of China and forms the most important cartographic record of the region since the eighteenth century. The work also contains the first separate printed map of Korea and the first detailed survey of Tibet. The first volume of Du Halde's history comprises a general description of China, describing each province as well as each historical dynasty; the second volume encompasses government, law, commerce, art, literature, etc.; the third volume treats religion and science; the final volume expands the work to include neighboring regions (Mongolia, Tibet, Korea, etc,) and with accounts of late 17th- century expeditions. Within the final volume (pp.452-458) appears "Relation succinte du voyage du capitaine Beering dans la Sibérie" - the first published account of Bering's first expedition through the straits that now bear his name. The text is accompanied by an attractive map, titled "Carte des pays traversees par le Capne. Beering depuis la ville de Tobolsk jusqu' Kamtschatka," considered the first printed map of any portion of present-day Alaska (i.e. St. Lawrence Island).

Estim. 20 000 - 25 000 EUR

Lot 207 - Travel in China. NIEUHOF. Het gezantschap der Neêrlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie. - 2 Parts in a folio volume. Original Dutch binding, full vellum with elaborate blind tooling. Frontispiece, Title-page, 2 unnumbered sheets, Portrait, pages 208, 258, 9 unnumbered pages at the end, the last with plates index. Two-column text.With engraved Frontispiece, engraved author's portrait, large folding engraved map of China, 34 double-page engraved plates and views, and 110 half-page engraved illustrations in text. Good copy. Rare edition, beautifully illustrated work. This is "the definitive account" (Howgego) of the embassy that the VOC (Dutch East India Company) sent to the Emperor of China, the entire trip occupying the years 1655 to 1657. Precious for its vast iconographic part: frontispiece, portrait, folded geographical map, 34 plates and 110 engraved subjects: scenes, torture, costumes, botany, zoology, ships, temples, landscapes, city views, Batavia, Macao, Nanjing, Beijing, Canton, Imperial Palace, Porcelain Tower, etc. The second part gives a general description of the Chinese empire, including botany and zoology. The first part covers the East Indies and Southeast Asia before going on to China itself. Japan, Korea and Formosa appear as well. Nieuhof served as steward, artist and chronicler on Pieter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer's VOC embassy to the Chinese Emperor. The party got a more intimate view of China than almost any other Dutch visitor of the 17th century, and the breadth of Nieuhof's interests and the large number of drawings he made provided a wealth of new material that makes the present work an essential primary source. Cox: "The Dutch, being at the height of their power, having supplanted the Portuguese, desired to gain access to China and a portion of the Chinese trade. After much opposition the Government succeeded in sending merchants to try the pulse of the Chinese at Canton. Upon their report it was determined to despatch ambassadors from Batavia to the Court of Peking to solicit liberty to trade. This is the embassy written up by Nieuhoff, who was steward to the ambassadors." Lowendahl: "One plate (of "Paolinx" at p. 193 in the list of plates at end) was never issue in this edition. However, the picture of the "Paolinx Pagode" is engraved in reduced size on p. 108 in part one. "Cat. Nederl. Hist. Scheepvart Mus. 499; Graesse IV, 675; Cordier, BS 2344-45; Lust 541. Lowendahl, Sino-Western relations, 2008, no. 147.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 208 - Jesuits Travels. KIRWITZER - PAEZ - ANDRADE. Histoire de ce qui s'est passé au Royaume de la Chine; d'Ethiopie; du Tibet. - Three works bound togheter in one volume in-8vo. 165x105 mm. Contemporary binding in vellum by old page of an antiphonary. I: [KIRWITZER, Wencelas Pantaleon]. Histoire de ce qui s'est passé au Royaume de la Chine en l'année 1624. Tirée des letres écrites & adressées au R. P. Mutio Viteleschi. Traduite de l'Italien en François.Paris, S. Cramoisy, 1629.Pp IV, 102. II: [PAEZ, Gaspar - MENDEZ, le Père Alphonse]. Histoire de ce qui s'est passé au Royaume d'Ethiopie es années 1624.1625.& 1626. Tirés des lettres écrites au Mutio Viteleschi. Traduite de l'Italien (par J.-B. de Machault). Paris, S. Cramoisy, 1629. Pp. [8], 252 (i.e. 262).III: [ANDRADE, Antonio; de]. Histoire de ce qui s'est passé au Royaume du Tibet. Tirée des lettres escriptes en l'année 1626. Addressee a R.P. Mutio VitelleschiPp. [8], 104. Pinter's device on the three titlepages. Adorned headpieces and initials. On the first titlepage an ancient note of ownership. Little abrasions on binding, internally some brownings and slight stains, traces of wear. Good and fresh copy. First French edition. Three reports written by Jesuits on mission in China, Ethiopia and Tibet and sent to Father Mutio Vitelleschi, General of the Jesuit Company are collected. During his mandate, the presence of the Jesuits in China became significant. I work: Chadenat: "Curieux et rare recuei." The author of the letters from China, which expose what happened in 1624, is probably Wencelas Pantaléon Kirwitzer who signs the last of the letters. But the work has sometimes been attributed to Father Darde or Father Jean-Baptiste Machault. The first two chapters give an overview of the political situation in China and the progress of the Christian religion in that country at the time. The other letters testify to the situation of the various missions established in the country. Kirwitzer, an astronomer and mathematician, joined the Jesuits in 1606. He went on a mission to Asia with other Jesuits in 1618, stayed in Goa and China, where he died in 1626.Cordier, BS 815; Streit, 2136 and 2127; Chadenat 4896; de Backer-S. II, 1824. Löwendahl 81. II work: Paëz, who was martyred in Ethiopia in 1635, gives a detailed account of the country, the state of the church in the country and the activities of the various Jesuit missions. The work was apparently translated by the Jesuit Jean Darde.Sommervogel, V, 258 ; Carayon 906. Unknown to Chadenat, Brunet et Barbier. III work: Letters of Antoine de Andrade during his second trip to Tibet, translated into French by Father Jean Darde. Antonio de Andrade was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary who was sent to Goa and then Agra. After hearing about Christian communities outside the Himalayas, he decided to go there. In 1624 it was he, with his Jesuit brother Manuel Marques, the first Western European, who went to Tibet. After Andrade obtained permission to open a mission in Tsaparang, the capital of Guge, one of many kingdoms in Tibet, he returned to Goa. He wrote a long and enthusiastic letter translated into many languages and returned to Tsaparang to start the mission. But in 1630 the kingdom was invaded by the troops of the king of Ladakh and the missionaries were expelled. This book contains the story of this second journey and the beginning of the mission.Streit V, 310; Cordier BS 2901.

Estim. 7 000 - 8 000 EUR

Lot 209 - China. PAUTHIER. Chine. - Colored publisher's binding, mm. 130x215. 72 plates and one folded map. Foxing, good condition. Interesting description of China illustrating customs, customs and trade activities.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 210 - China. KIRCHER. La Chine. Illustrée de plusieurs monuments tant sacrés que profanes. - Folio, 378:240mm. Contemporary full leather binding, titles and decorations in gilt on the spine. 18 pages, including Frontispiece, Titlepage, Portrait, dedication and preface, 367, [12]. 60 engravings in the text, 23 full-page plates, two folded maps of China. Slight foxing, usual browning on some pages, good condition. First French edition. In this beautifully illustrated work, we find important documents on the government system, geography, geology, botany, zoology and religion not only of China but also of other Asian countries. Walravens: "Kirchers Werk bedeutete einen Meilenstein in der europäischen Chinakenntnis" (Kircher's work was a milestone in European knowledge of China)This French edition is of particular significance because it contains the first Chinese vocabulary printed in the West. Löwendahl: "This French edition contains two supplements not published before: the first is a reply by Johann Grüber to ten questions by the Grand Duke of Tuscany (on pp. 316-23); the second is a Chinese-French dictionary (on pp. 324-67), perhaps the first published Chinese-European language dictionary, which, according to Professor Szczesniak was compiled by Michael Boym. "Merril: "Constitutes the first Chinese vocabulary ever printed in the West. He includes a Sanskrit grammar and vocabulary...the first printing of a Sanskrit grammar and of the Devanagari script in Europe" The work is divided into six parts. Part VI concerns Chinese literature and language, whose ideoramas are reproduced with precision.This copy is complete with the tipped-in plate Qqq, often not present when mentioned in the list of plates. The exotic animal portrayed in this table is also depicted in the engraving in the text, on the next page.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 211 - Music - Acoustic. KIRCHER. Phonurgia nova. - Folio. 324x205 mm. Contemporary full brown leather binding, ribbed back with title and gold decorations, gold decoration on the edge of the covers, red edges, endpapers in comb-marbled paper. Pages, 46 unnumbered, including Half-title, Engraved Frontispiece, Titlepage, Full-page engraved portrait, 229, 1 blank, [16], two plates engraved out of text. Signature: π⁴ a-c⁴ d² (-d2) () ⁴ 3 () ² A-2H⁴. The last leaf blank. Italic, Round, Greek and Gothic Type, Initials and woodcut friezes. Lots of illustrations in the text engraved in woodcut. Vignette on the Title page with a view, Allegorical Frontispiece designed by Felix Cavrier and Portrait of Leopold I drawn by Franz Herman, both engraved by Georg Andreas Wolfgang, 17 engravings in the text, 2 plates out of text on pages 114 and 136, all engraved in copper.Slight signs of wear on the binding, traces of humidity on the Aa2 paper, overall a good copy. First edition of Kircher's exceptional work on acoustics and music. The is the first European book devoted entirely to acoustics, which treats at length of the echo, laws of acoustics, and of instruments. It presents a remarkable compilation of knowledge, gathered from many contemporary experiments in acoustics and the advances in the construction of musical instruments. The title of the work is the neologism Phonurgia, which means "new way of producing sound." The work was, in part, Kircher's response to Sir Samuel Morland (1625-1695), a fellow of the Royal Society of London, who claimed to have invented the megaphone. Numerous testimonies from Kircher's admirers are appended to the work defending Kircher's claim as the inventor of the tuba stentorophonica, as Morland called it. As he did in the Musurgia, Kircher here describes and illustrates many bizarre and curious inventions like talking statues, an Aeolian tuba and lyre, eavesdropping devices, and hordes of odd-shaped trumpets.

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 212 - Perspective view in contemporary coloring. Vue du Hâvre. - Vue du Hâvre. In Paris, chez Jean, rue Jean de Beauvais, N°32, 18th century Engraving on laid paper; 345x520 mm. Margins. Contemporary coloring. Captions in lower margin. Small lack at lower corner; foxing. Large 18th century perspective view in contemporary coloring of town of Le Havre in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region. The city is situated on the right bank of the Seine estuary and is important for its port on the English Channel.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 213 - Cochinchina. Prospectus Lacus et Pagi Sinensis. 18e Vue d’Optique representant un Lac et village de la Cochinchine. - Prospectus Lacus et Pagi Sinensis. 18e Vue d'Optique representant un Lac et village de la Cochinchine. Paris, chez Daumont rue St Martin, second half of 18th century Contemporary watercolour etching 265x405 mm, margins. Good condition. 18th-century optical view in contemporary coloring depicting a river full of boats and a Cocincina village on the banks.Vues d'optiques, or prints of perspective views, were a fashionable entertainment in the elite salons of the 18th century, but also a popular street entertainment during fairs and markets. By virtue of the fact that people traveled very little, they offered an opportunity for escapism and dreaming with the accentuation of perspective and light effects.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 214 - Denmark. Vue perspective de la Galerie royale de Copenhague conduisant au jardin. - Vue perspective de la Galerie royale de Copenhague conduisant au jardin. Paris, Mondhare, second half of 18th century. Contemporary watercolor etching 235x360 mm, margins. Small tear in upper margin, but good condition. Optical view depicting a perspective view of the Royal Gallery in Copenhagen leading to the garden. Vues d'optiques, or prints of perspective views, were a fashionable entertainment in the elite salons of the 18th century, but also a popular street entertainment during fairs and markets. By virtue of the fact that people traveled very little, they offered an opportunity for escapism and dreaming with the accentuation of perspective and light effects.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 215 - Two perspective views of Seville. Vue de la Cathédrale de Séville & Vue perspective de la Grande Place St François à Séville. - Vue de la Cathédrale de Séville. A Londres chez Wichnyther et à Paris chez J. Chereau rue S. Jacques, second half of the 18th century Contemporary watercolor etching 255x380 mm, margins. Good condition. Bound with: Vue perspective de la Grande Place St François à Séville.Paris, chez Daumont, second half of the 18th century Contemporary watercolor etching, 265x405 mm, margins. Good condition. Vues d'optiques, or prints of perspective views, were a fashionable entertainment in the elite salons of the 18th century, but also a popular street entertainment during fairs and markets. By virtue of the fact that people traveled very little, they offered an opportunity for escapism and dreaming with the accentuation of perspective and light effects.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 216 - Two perspective views of Spain. Vue perspective de la principale façade du Monastère Royal de l’Escurial, du coté du Midy & 113e Vue perspective de la Chancellerie Royale de Grenade. - Vue perspective de la principale façade du Monastère Royal de l'Escurial, du coté du Midy. In Paris chez Chereau rue St Jacques, second half of the 18th century. Contemporary watercolor etching 265x410 mm, margins. Fine specimen. Magnificent perspective view of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de l'Escorial, built by Philip II as the residence and pantheon of the kings of Spain, just outside Madrid.Vues d'optiques, or prints of perspective views, were a fashionable entertainment in the elite salons of the 18th century, but also a popular street entertainment during fairs and markets. By virtue of the fact that people traveled very little, they offered an opportunity for escapism and dreaming with the accentuation of perspective and light effects. Bound with: 113e Vue perspective de la Chancellerie Royale de Grenade.In Paris chez Daumont rue St Martin, second half of the 18th century Contemporary watercolor etching, 405x256 mm, margins. Mounted on cardboard. Fine specimen. Rare optical view depicting a view of the Real Chancillería, built by order of Charles V between 1531 and 1587 in Granada (Spain).Vues d'optiques, or prints of perspective views, were a fashionable entertainment in the elite salons of the 18th century, but also a popular street entertainment during fairs and markets. By virtue of the fact that people traveled very little, they offered an opportunity for escapism and dreaming with the accentuation of perspective games.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 217 - Gibraltar. Prospectus Ponti Gibraltariae. 75e vue d'Optique représentant le Port de Gibraltar. - Prospectus Ponti Gibraltariae. 75e vue d'Optique représentant le Port de Gibraltar. In Paris chez Daumont rue St Martin, second half of the 18th century. Contemporary watercolor etching 405x256 mm, margins. Some slight marginal staining. Good specimen. Animated optical view of the port of Algeciras in the bay of the same name that makes up the Strait of Gibraltar.Vues d'optiques, or prints of perspective views, were a fashionable entertainment in the elite salons of the 18th century, but also a popular street entertainment during fairs and markets. By virtue of the fact that people traveled very little, they offered an opportunity for escapism and dreaming with the accentuation of perspective and light effects.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 218 - United States. KEYSTONE VIEW COMPANY. 8 Stereographic views + stereograph of a gigantic tree by Underwood & Underwood. - KEYSTONE VIEW COMPANY. 8 Stereographic views. Meadville, 1920s-30s 8 black and white stereographs. 90x175 mm. The plates bear the number and the caption with the title under the image; on the side margins the typographical data "Keystone View Company, Manufacturers and Publishers... / Meadville, Pa.; New York, N.Y....." Detailed description of the illustration on the reverse. Good condition. The stereographic maps depict: Capitol, Washington at night, Independence Hall in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed, magnolias in Charleston, Death Valley, 2 views of Washington from the plane, the old slave market in St Augustine, Florida. The two aerial panoramic views of Washington are very striking: the Library of Congress has a very similar one, "From the Washington Monument to the Capitol" dated 1928.The Keystone View Company was a major distributor of stereographic images, and was located in Meadville, Pennsylvania. From 1892 through 1963 Keystone produced and distributed both educational and comic/sentimental stereoviews, and stereoscopes. By 1905 it was the world's largest stereographic company. In 1963 the business was scaled back and Keystone continued to produce only stereographic vision training products as a subsidiary of the Mast Development Company. In 1972 Mast closed the Meadville manufacturing site. Bound with: Underwood & Underwood. The "Faithful Couple, the forest Giant and Giantess--two trees with but one trunk-California (Look up). "Ottawa, 1901 Black and white stereograph. 90x175. Below the image title and date. On the side margins the typographical data. Good condition. Rare and curious image of a gigantic tree. The National Museum of American History has a copy of this stereograph. Underwood & Underwood was a manufacturer and distributor of stereoscopic and other photographic images, and later pioneered the field of press office photography. The company was founded in 1881 in Ottawa, Kansas, by two brothers, Elmer and Bert Elias Underwood. They moved to Baltimore and then to New York City in 1891. The company ceased trading in the 1940s.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 219 - United States. INGERSOLL. 19 Stereographic Views. - INGERSOLL, Truman Ward. 19 Stereographic views. 19 stereographs, 90x175 mm. Color photomechanical relief halftone on coated paper, mounted on cardboard. Below the image the number and caption with the title. Good condition. Nice and bright colors. Very rare series with city views, natural scenery and life scenes. Very important from an anthropological point of view is the card featuring a group of sugar cane workers in Florida, numbered 99 "Native Cane Grinders in Sunny Florida." Other stereographs illustrate the gardens of Honolulu, various views of Chicago, among which the "Chicago River on a Foggy Morning" stands out, dated 1898, the Niagara Falls, grandiose scenarios of Yosemite and Colorado, several of Washington, among which "The Capitol".Truman Ward Ingersoll, 1862 - 1922, eminent photographer, is known for the stereoviews he published in the United States and other areas. In the early 20th century he also produced half-tone lithoviews. His company was named Ingersoll View Company. The Library of Congress also has a collection of his works.A copy of the stereograph featuring sugarcane workers at the Princeton University Art Museum, described as follows: "99. Native Cane Grinders in Sunny Florida, ca. 1890 / Truman Ward Ingersoll, American, 1862-1922 / Albumen print with hand coloring," Object Number 2017-43.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 220 - Views of Japan. INGERSOLL. Complete series of 100 stereographs. - INGERSOLL, Truman Ward. Views of Japan. Complete series of 100 stereographs.T. W. Ingersoll, 1900. 100 stereographs, numbered 601-700. Color photomechanical relief halftone on coated paper, mounted on cardboard. 90x175 mm. Below the image the number and caption with the title, on the reverse a complete description, all in English. In their original cardboard box. Defects on the box, stereographic prints in good condition. Colors seem to be still nice and bright. Rare complete series with one hundred numbered views. Castles, temples, gardens, monuments, views of cities, scenes of life and customs and curiosities are depicted. The Chicago University Library, which has a large collection of Stereograph Cards, has this series missing a 'Card'. A stereograph consists of two nearly-identical (often-photographic) images which form a three-dimensional image when viewed through a stereoscope. Truman Ward Ingersoll, 1862 - 1922, eminent photographer, is known for the stereoviews he published in the United States and other areas. In the early 20th century he also produced half-tone lithoviews. His company was named Ingersoll View Company. The Library of Congress also has a collection of his works. At disposal the complete description of series.

Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 221 - HOKUEI. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Sumo. - Colored woodcut. 370x250 mm. Sign: "Shunkosai Hokuei ga." Publisher: Tenki. Very good impression, lower corners restored, slightly trimmed. Actor Arashi Rikan in the role of a sumo wrestler in a temple complex at cherry blossom time. Yakusha-e, often referred to as "actor prints" in English, are Japanese woodblock prints of kabuk actors, particularly those done in the ukiyo-e style popular through the Edo period (1603-1867). Hokuei Sekka was active in the years 1829-37.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 222 - TOYOKUNI. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Courtesan Okaru climbs a ladder. - Colored woodcut. 360x248 ca. Sign: "Gototei Kunisada ga." Publisher: Sanoki. Censored by Kiwame. Red collector's seal at lower left corner. Good impression, trimmed, faded, crease at left margin. The actor Bando Tamasaburo in the role of the sought-after courtesan Okaru climbs a ladder, scene from the Kanadehon Chushingura play (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers). Yakusha-e, often referred to as "actor prints" in English, are Japanese woodblock prints of kabuk actors, particularly those done in the ukiyo-e style popular through the Edo period (1603-1867).Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, Edo, 1786-1865, was one of the most famous Ukiyo-e woodblock print designers of 19th century Japan. He was the head of one of the most important Japanese woodblock printing schools, the Utagawa School.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 223 - TOYOKUNI. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Samurai holding a criying baby. - Colored woodcut. 336x238 ca. Sign: "Gototei Kunisada ga." Publisher: Izutsuya Shokichi. Very good impression, cut, glued, lightly soiled. An actor in a samurai role stands on stage under a curtain, holding a crying baby under his arm. Yakusha-e, often referred to as "actor prints" in English, are Japanese woodblock prints of kabuk actors, particularly those done in the ukiyo-e style popular through the Edo period (1603-1867).Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, Edo, 1786-1865, was one of the most famous Ukiyo-e woodblock print designers of 19th century Japan. He was the head of one of the most important Japanese woodblock printing schools, the Utagawa School.From around 1850 on allmost prints have the signature enclosed in a Toshidama cartouche. Just to 1860 the very most prints were only signed with "Toyokuni ga" in these cartouches, mostly red but also yellow, blue or green colored.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 224 - TOYOKUNI. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Geisha Shinzo Izayoi jumps from a stone bridge in a boat. - Colored woodcut. 390x264 ca. Sign: "Gototei Kunisada ga." Publisher: Kawaguchiya Chozo. Censored by Kiwame. Good impression, faded, restored wormholes. Geisha Shinzo Izayoi jumps from a stone bridge in a boat. The role played by Iwai Kumesaburo in the play Kosode Soga Azami no Ironui, which tells of the geisha's love with the priest Seishin.Yakusha-e, often referred to as "actor prints" in English, are Japanese woodblock prints of kabuk actors, particularly those done in the ukiyo-e style popular through the Edo period (1603-1867).Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, Edo, 1786-1865, was one of the most famous Ukiyo-e woodblock print designers of 19th century Japan. He was the head of one of the most important Japanese woodblock printing schools, the Utagawa School.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 225 - KUNISADA. Bijin-ga. Oiran under a porch. - Colored woodcut. 365x260 mm. Sign: Kochoro Kunisada ga. Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi. Censorship: Kiwame. Very good impression with blind printing (nose bone, pattern on collar), glued, trimmed, rubbed and soiled, foxing. An oiran stands on a porch overlooking the snowy courtyard of a rich pleasure house. Jumping carp motif on the warm overgarment.Bijin-ga (beautiful person picture) is a generic term for pictures of beautiful women (bijin) in Japanese art, especially in woodblock printing of the ukiyo-e genre.Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, Edo, 1786-1865, was one of the most famous Ukiyo-e woodblock print designers of 19th century Japan. He was the head of one of the most important Japanese woodblock printing schools, the Utagawa School. At least one third of the prints from the 1850s signed "Kōchōrō Toyokuni ga.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 226 - KUNISADA. Bijin-ga. Courtesan with toothpick. - Colored woodcut. 175x115 mm. Excellent impression with metallic pigments, silver and gold, and blind printing (white collar, nasal bone), backed, moisture stains. Glued on cardboard. (356) Breast portrait of a courtesan with toothpick, behind the portrait monstrous fish in rushing tides. Emerging from the fold of the kimono is a roll of paper, an obvious allusion to Murasaki Shibuku, author of the Genji Monogatari, of which Kunisada illustrated a famous parody, the novel "Nise Murasaki inaka Genji," published serially from 1829 to 1842.Bijin-ga (beautiful person picture) is a generic term for pictures of beautiful women (bijin) in Japanese art, especially in woodblock printing of the ukiyo-e genre.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 227 - SHUNKIN. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Tableau with portraits of three actors. - Colored woodcut. 362x245 mm. Sign: "Imae Shunkin hitsu," with Toshidama seal. Good impression, faded, lightly creased soiled and yellowed. Tableau with portraits of three actors in front of dark background. Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints: "No information is available about this artist who designed fan prints (uchiwa-e), prints depicting Japan's modernization (kaika-e) and book illustrations during the middle Meiji period, working in Nagoya (Aichi Prefecture) with Nagoya-based publishers."

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 228 - KUNICHIKA. Yakusha-e. - Colored woodcut. 362x245 mm. Sign: Kunichika ga, in Toshidama cartouche. Publisher: Izutsuya Shinmae. Censored by Aratame. Excellent impression with Baren printing lines, a little bit creased. Nakamura Shikan as the warrior and famous strategist Yuishosetsu visiting at night in front of porch.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 229 - YOSHITOSHI. Fujikawa. High-ranking samurai on horseback. - Colored woodcut. 335x230 mm. Sign: Yoshitoshi hitsu. Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke. Censored by Aratame. Excellent fresh color impression with nice bokashi (fog), blind embossing (White Cloak), backed, margins partly trimmed, lower right corner soiled. Fujikawa in a gorge in the evening mist; a high ranking Samurai on horseback gives the signal to descend to the station. Fujikawa, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Fan [of the Tôkaidô Road] (Suehiro gojûsan tsugi); series created on the occasion of the invitation of the shogun Tokugawa Iemochi in 1865 to the imperial court. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1839 - 1892, has widely been recognized as the last great master of the ukiyo-e genre of woodblock printing and painting.

Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

Lot 230 - KUNIYOSHI. Hatsune (First Warbler). Sumo wrestler Keyamura Rokusuke. - Colored woodcut. 350x240 mm. Sign: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Iseyoshi. Wood engraver: Shoji. Censorship: Aratame. Excellent fresh color impression with visible wood grain, backed, glued at corners, slightly faded, heigth trimmed to the image at the bottom, margins partly trimmed, slightly soiled. Sumo wrestler Keyamura Rokusuke wrestles with an opponent in front of an audience of nobles. This is chapter 23 of the Wakan nazorae Genji series, (Japanese and Chinese comparisons for Genji chapters). In this series, Kuniyoshi has combined scenes from history, fiction and legend with related chapters from the most famous novel in Japanese classical literature.

Estim. 1 500 - 1 800 EUR

Lot 231 - KUNIYOSHI. Night rain at Romon waterfall (Romon yu). - Colored woodcut. 345x242 mm. Sign: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Shimizu. Censorship: Yoshimura and Muramatsu. Wood engraver: Horitake. Very good impression, faded, laid down, cut. Ichikawa Danjuro VII with Kumadori make-up mask in the role of Watonai in Kokusenya Kassen. He stands on a drum bridge in the rain at night and gives a signal with a torch. The sheet "Romon yau" (Evening Rain at Romon Waterfall), from series "Au-mi hakkeii" (Eight Views of Lake Biwa). The publisher's seal is dated by Andreas Marks 1848-49.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 232 - KUNIYOSHI. Yakusha-e. Portrait of Akeshi Mitsuhide. - Colored woodcut. 360x255 mm. Sign: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga. Publisher: Akamatsuya Shotaro. Censored by Kiwame. Very good impression, centerfold, slightly faded, creased and soiled, trimmed, glued at upper corners. Portrait of Akeshi Mitsuhide, a general of Oda Nobunaga and later his traitor. The 'Mon', the emblem of the Akeshi clan, a flower with five petals, is repeated several times in the dress. The famous warlord is played by the Kabuki actor Bando Mitsugoro.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 233 - KUNISADA e HIROSHIGE II. Edo Fire E - Brigade E. - Colored woodcut. 350x225 mm. Sign: Toyokuni ga and Hiroshige ga. Publisher: Katoya Imazo. Censorship: Aratame. Excellent impression, fresh in color, with bokashi and black glossy printing (Black Overgarment), margins a little bit soiled. Print with three panels. Above the dedication to Brigade E, below, on the right, portrait, on the left, landscape. From the series "Edo no hana meishoe" (Outstanding flowers of Edo), each sheet of the series dedicated to a fire department. Above E-brigade, fifth Ryudo section, right portrait of Kawarazaki Gonjuro with make-up mask as Musashi Goro Sadayo, left landscape with bridge over the Ryugawa River.In the two lower boxes appear the signatures of Kunisada, in Toshidama red cartouche (box on the right), and Hiroshige II, in red cartouche (box on the left). Hiroshige II moved to Yokohama in 1865 and produced prints in collaboration with Kunisada, who had previously worked with Hiroshige I.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 234 - YOSHIIKU. Yakusha-e. Portrait of Bando Hikosaburo and Kawarazaki Gonjuro. - Colored woodcut. 360x235 mm. Sign: Yoshiiku ga, in red Toshidama Cartouche. Censorship: Aratame. Excellent impression, trimmed. Portrait of Bando Hikosaburo and Kawarazaki Gonjuro as two otokotade in front of the Sumida, both with the Shakuhashi flute of the wanderers. Otokodate is an archetype of kabuki more than anything else.It became popular to invent stories of retribution and justice where the hero was a rough and ready, yet brave and principled character who when witnessing samurai cruelty stepped in to defend the underdog. This class of popular hero became known as the Otokodate. The ideal Otokodate would have been originally from the samurai class, poor himself and yet uninterested in reward for its own sake.Yoshiiku, 1833-1904, was a popular ukiyo-e printmaker during the Meiji period. Yoshiiku was a student of Kuniyoshi and a contemporary rival of the famed Yoshitoshi. He signed his name Utagawa Yoshiiku, Ikkeisai Yoshiiku and Chokaro Yoshiiku. Beyond ukiyo-e, the woodblock printing process was used for newspaper illustrations before the introduction of photography. He worked as an illustrator for both the Tokyo Daily News and the Tokyo Illustrated News. Yoshiiku's prints can be found in the Brooklyn Museum, The Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 235 - SHIGEHARU. Yakusha-e. - Colored woodcut. 245x175 mm. Sign: Kunishige. Very good impression with blind printing and kinginzuri (meander motif in the lined jacket), few foxing spots. Portrait of an actor in the comedy Shitennoji garan kagami at the Naka Theater (Osaka). From the series Biographies of Brave Men at the Height of Their Careers (Eika jinyuden). Another portrait from the series with identical signature at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Accession Number: 1983.1.42.1. Utagawa Kunishige is a late name adopted by the artist Yamaguchi Shigeharu, actif in Osaka.Kinginzuri is a fine method of printing gold or silver (and other metallic pigments) on a woodblock print ukiyo-e.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 236 - Yakusha-e. Portrait of actor Nakamura Komanosuke II - Colored woodcut. 235x165 mm. Publisher: Ichiwa han. Excellent color impression with metallic pigments (silver of the blade, gold motif in black frame), restored and colored non-invasive wormholes. Portrait of actor Nakamura Komanosuke II as Dankuro with frozen look, his face covered with blood, holding a silver sword blade on his shoulder.

Estim. 600 - 700 EUR

Lot 237 - HIROSADA. Yakusha-e. Osaka. Chuban. Portrait of actor Kataoka Gadô II. - Bust portrait of an actor against a black background.Portrait of actor Kataoka Gadô II, almost identical to the one represented in the print in which he depicts as Chinzei Hachirô Tametomo in Shimameguri tsuki no yumiharizuki (A bow-shaped moon around the islands) at the Ônishi Theater, Osaka.Hirosada, fl. 1819 - 1865, was one of the most successful printmakers from Osaka during the Edo period (1603-1868). It is thought that he was the pupil of Kunimasu Utagawa. Hirosada produced many yakusha-e, or "actor prints." Depicting Kabuki scenes and famous actors, the genre's popularity peaked during Hirosada's career. His work is known for his exceptionally expressive and dramatic style of portraiture. Hirosada's work can be found in a number of collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum, the British Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Estim. 600 - 700 EUR

Lot 238 - KUNISADA. Bijinga. Cover of a shunga book. Courtesan with toothpick. - Colored woodcut, 178x112 mm. Excellent impression backed with metallic pigments and blind printing (nasal bone), trimmed. Breast portrait of a courtesan with toothpick, right a kettle on a "hibachi." Bijin-ga (beautiful person picture) is a generic term for pictures of beautiful women (bijin) in Japanese art, especially in woodblock printing of the ukiyo-e genre.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 239 - KUNISADA II. Yakusha-e. Oban. Portrait of the actor Kataoka Gado II. - Colored woodcut. 340x235 mm. Sign: Kunisada ga with Toshidama. Censored: Aratame. Good impression, lightly soiled. Portrait of kabuki actor. From the series "Seichu gishi-den no uchi" (Stories of the Faithful Samurai).From the series "Seichu gishi-den no uchi" (Stories of the Faithful Samurai). Portrait of the actor Kataoka Gado II in the role of Prince Ishido Umanosuke in the play Kanadehon Chushingura.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 240 - KUNISADA. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Ichikawa Danjuro in the role of sumo wrestler Nuregami Chogoro. - Colored woodcut, 372x257 mm. Signed: Gototei Kunisada ga. Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei. Censorship: Kiwame, with a zodiacal date seal. Good impression, slightly soiled and rubbed at bottom, wormholes at upper margin, one number (41) written later in ink at left corner. Actor Ichikawa Danjuro in the role of sumo wrestler Nuregami Chogoro in the play "Futatsu chocho kuruwa nikki."

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 241 - KUNISADA. Bijinga. Fisherwomen with baskets full of shells and fish. - Colored woodcut, 355x242 mm. Sign: Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga. Publisher: Kazusaya Iwakichi. Censored by Hama and Magoni. Good impression with glossy black printing (kimono collar and belt), very slight centerfold, two little wormholes. Fisherwomen with baskets and botische full of shells and fish on a beach with pine tree. The two Hama Magoni seals are present together in the years 1847-1853.

Estim. 600 - 700 EUR

Lot 242 - KUNISADA. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Quarrel between lady Okaru and Yokogawa Banzaemon. - Colored woodcut, 365x245 mm. Sign: Toyokuni ga. Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi. Censorship: a circular aratame seal with a separate oval zodiacal date seal. Excellent fresh impression, upper corners glued. Quarrel on a stone staircase between the lady Okaru and Yokogawa Banzaemon.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 243 - KUNISADA. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Love scene. - Colored woodcut. 340x230 mm. Signed: Kio Toyokuni ga (77 year old Toyokuni). Very good impression with mica at upper margin. Love scene at night in an amusement house, a handsome otokodate presents his favorite, a high-ranking courtesan, a Fubako, lacquer poem paper box, with a poem.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 244 - KUNISADA. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Niwaka Festival. - Colored woodcut. 360x255 mm. Signed: Toyokuni ga. Censorship: Aratame. Good impression with slight defectes, restored holes at top. Performance of a play during the Niwaka festival, courtesan, butterfly dancer, servant with rat costume.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 245 - KUNISADA. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Night raid. - Colored woodcut. 365x245 mm. Sign: Toyokuni ga. Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi. Censorship: Aratame. Oval zodiacal date seal. Wood engraver: Horitake. Excellent impression with mokume-zuri, cut. Night raid depicting three armed characters. Yakusha-e, often referred to as "actor prints" in English, are Japanese woodblock prints of kabuk actors, particularly those done in the ukiyo-e style popular through the Edo period (1603-1867). Mokume-zuri is a Japanese term for woodblock prints with visible wood grain patterns.In the initial phase, from 1853 to 1857, a circular aratame seal was used along with a separate oval zodiacal date seal; again, these seals are usually directly next to each other, but occasionally they are separated. In 1858, the aratame seal was dropped, and the oval date seal appears alone.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 246 - KUNISADA. Yakusha-e. Oban. Portrait of Kawarazaki Gonjuro. - Colored woodcut. 365x245 mm. Excellent fresh color print with "nunomezuri," trimmed to the image, glossy black print and mica print on the upper black margin. Portrait of Kawarazaki Gonjuro in the role of Yaegaki Monza and magnifi illustration of Kawara Nadeshiko carnation. From the series "Tosei mitate sanju rokkassen" (Brilliant actors and flowers, as outstanding as the 36 poets). Nunomezuri is a refined technique of blind or gauffrage printing, particularly used to suggest fabric patterns on a figure's robes.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 247 - KUNISADA. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. Portrait of an actor in the role of Goro Tokimune. - Colored woodcut. 355x245 mm. Sign. Toyokuni ga. Publisher: Iseyoshi. Wood engraver: Horitake. Censorship: Aratame. Oval zodiacal date seal. Good impression, good specimen. Portrait of an actor in the role of Goro Tokimune, a Soga brother, in a round cartouche actor portrait, in the role of the murderer of their father Kudo Saemon Suketsune. He and his brother Soga Sukenari are known for their participation in the incident known as the Revenge of the Soga Brothers. He is a central character in noh and kabuki Sogamono plays, which are based on the revenge. The ninth sheet of the series "Konjaku nite gashiwa" (Impact for children of once and today).

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 248 - South Asia - Eastern Europe. DE BRUYN. Reizen over Moskovie, door Persie en Indie. - Folio, 328x3210 mm. Contemporary full leather binding, gilt titles and ornaments on the spine. Frontispiece, Title page in red and black, Portrait, Pages [6], 472, [12], 2 maps, 125 plates, with 260 illustrations and 36 engravings within text. Plates with illustrations 237-243 placed after 244-246. Complete. Slight defects on binding, some restorations and sign of humidity, overall good copy. Second Amsterdam Edition. One of the most richly illustrated accounts of a journey to Russia, Persia and adjacent countries and territories by the Dutch artist and traveler Cornelis de Bruyn (1652-1726/27). De Bruyn sailed for Archangel in 1701, continuing on to Moscow, where he remained for over a year. In 1703 he left Moscow, traveling through Asia Minor (Turkey) to Persia, where he remained until 1705. After nearly a year in Isfahan, he made his way to Persepolis, the ancient Achaemenid palace complex, the ruins of which had his particular interest. He spent three months there, carefully drawing the ruins of the palace, the remaining reliefs and the cuneiform inscriptions. His drawings of these ruins are the first reliable images of this palace made accessible to Western scholars. Leaving Persia in 1705 he went to India, Ceylon and the East Indies. He returned by much the same route, residing in Persia in 1706 and 1707, visiting, among other things, the ruins of Pasaragdes. The illustrations include two large folded views, Moscow and Isfahan (194x40.5 cm.), portraits of Samoyeds, as well as many illustrations of local flora and fauna.

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 249 - Description des Fetes données par la ville de Paris, à l'occasion du mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France, & de Dom Philippe, Infant & Grand Amiral d'Espagne. - Plano. 630x480 mm. Attractive contemporary marbled calf binding with the coat of arms of the city of Paris in the center of the covers; on the covers framing a gilt roulette with lily flowers in the corners, spine with raised nerves with gilded lilies, internal roulette and gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Pages 2 with the Title-page, 22. Large vignette at the Title-page engraved by Soubeyran based on a drawing by Bouchardon, illustrated head-piece drawn and engraved by Rigaud, 13 large plates drawn by Blondel, Gabriel, Salley, Servandoni and engraved in copper by J.-F. Blondel, of which 8 double-page. Fine copy. Beautiful first edition, magnificently illustrated. The work describes the sumptuous festivities, likely the most spectacular of the 18th century, were held before the young Dauphine left France to be officially married to Philip in Spain. A large number of architects and craftsmen, led by Jean-Nicolas Servan, designed and built the decorations. Millard: "The illustrations show the entire spectacle on the Seine between the Pont-Neuf and the Pont Royal as follows: the structure for the fireworks on the Pont-Neuf and the new terrace; the octagon 'island' for the musicians designed by Jean-Jerome Servandoni in the center of the Seine; the eight marine 'monsters' surrounding the island; a plan of the superstructures built along the banks of the Seine to accommodate the viewers; and the Throne Loge in the form of a canopy attached to the Louvre, in which the royal couple could view the spectacle. In addition, the water jousting and floating illuminations and the ball given at the Hôtel de Ville for the couple are described." The plates are engraved by Jacques-François Blondel on drawings by the architects who designed the celebration apparatus; particularly spectacular is the plate number 9, on a double page, which shows the fireworks over the river.

Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

Lot 250 - Gardens-Versailles, Armorial Binding. SILVESTRE – LEPAUTRE – FÉLIBIEN. 104 Large copper Engraved Plates. - Folio. 500x345 mm. Magnificent binding contemporary with the coat of arms of the Marquis of Mereville, full marbled brown leather, giltcoat of arms in the center of the plates, six ribs on spine with gilt title on red morocco insert, rich gilt decoration on the compartments, gilt edges. The volume contains:- 1 plan of Versailles, published by G. Demortain.- 12 plates drawn and engraved by Israel Silvestre, with plans, perspectives, views of the gardens and buildings, dated between 1664 and 1684.- 3 plates engraved by J. Lepautre.- 9 plates published by Jean Le Blond regarding the orangery and the stables, including a plan of the orangery garden with moving parts.- 1 small view of the large stable published by Langlois, glued on a support sheet.- 21 plates of sculptures, engraved by Gerard Audran or Gerard Edelinck, dated between 1679 and 1681.- 18 plates of fountains, engraved by J. Lepautre dated between 1673 and 1679.- 2 large plates of fountains, one by Charles-Louis Simonneau from a painting by Jean Cotelle, 1689, the other drawn and engraved by Louis de Chastillon, 1683.- 9 plates of busts on columns, by J. Lepautre, 1674.- 6 plates of flower vases and 2 of sphinxes, by Lepautre, 1672-1673.- FÉLIBIEN, André. Déscription de la Grotte de Versailles, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1679, Title page with large engraved typographic brand and royal coat of arms, 11 pages, 20 plates engraved by Lepautre, Picart, Chauveau.- 2 unsigned plates, depicting the interior and cross-section of the Royal Chapel. Very rare and important source of art on the Palace of Versailles. Volume in splendid contemporary binding with coat of arms of the Marquis of Merenville. Among the works in this collection we highlight:- The 'Description' of Felibien, particularly valuable as a pictorial testimony since the Grotto was demolished in 1684 to make way for the new southern wing of Versailles. The Grotte de Thétys, designed by Charles Perrault, was an integral part of the iconography of the palace and gardens of Versailles. The twenty plates are: a plan, an external view and some plates detailing the statuary and shell and coral decoration of the interior. Millard: "It was designed to represent the climax of the astrological myth of the entire garden, the completion of Apollo's solar course and his return to rest in this underwater cave. The grotto was a marvel of technical innovation. Félibien considered it to be a completely successful imitation of nature by art. The creation lasted only twenty years. It was destroyed in 1684 to be replaced by Mansart's north wing of the palace. However, its unique beauty is preserved with this recording by Félibien."- The statues depicted by J. Le Pautre, 1618 - 1682, older brother of the architect Antoine Le Pautre and father of Jacques Le Pautre: among these we mention 'Persée; Andromède' located in the gardens of Versailles.- The large plate 'Marais Artificiel, entouré de Joncs d'airain, et de Jets d'eau', designed and engraved by Isr. Silvestre in 1680. I. Silvestre, 1621 - 1691, prolific French engraver, teacher, publisher and designer, left many drawings and over a thousand engravings. Among these precious testimonies of Versailes' architecture and sculptures as well as the famous parties that were held in the palace.Volume of prestigious provenance, which belonged to the Marquis of Mereville, councilor in the Paris Parliament, whose emblem, with the pelican and 2 suns moving from the corners, is printed in gilt in the center of the plates.

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 251 - LA FONTAINE - OUDRY. Fables choisies mises en vers. - 4 folio volumes. 415x280 mm. Contemporary binding, marbled calfskin, triple golden fillet framing the covers, ribbed spine with gold friezes with floral motifs and two green morocco labels with title and volume number, marbled endpapers and edges.Vol. I: Half-title, Titlepage, pp. XXX, VI, Frontispiece, VII-XVIII, 124, 70 Plates; II: Half-title, Titlepage, pp. II, 135, 1 blank, 68 Plates; III: Half-title, Titlepage, pp. IV, 146, 68 Plates; IV: Half-title, Titlepage, pp. II, 188, 69 Plates. Vignettes in the titles, engraved head and tail-pieces, 209 woodcuts in the text. Splendid allegorical frontispiece with the bust of La Fontaine of Oudry, finished by Dupuis and engraved by Cochin, placed after the Preface to Vol. 1, and 273 [of 275] out-of-text plates engraved on copper, numbered I-CCXLV. Traces of wear and lackings on the bindings, sporadic foxing, nice copy with wide margins. Missing 2 plates. Rare first edition, typographical masterpiece magnificently illustrated. The work is illustrated by a refined frontispiece by Oudry, engraved by Cochin and by 273 wonderful illustrations in full-page plates drawn by Oudry and also engraved by Cochin and by the best artists of the time. The tailpieces and other woodcut ornaments in the text, which contribute so much to the elegance of the work, are designed by Bachellier and engraved by Le Sueur and Papillion. The history of the illustrations of the Fables in this edition is told in the "Avertissement de l'editeur." Oudry had drawn freely for his own amusement, various landscape and animal subjects. Cochin took on the responsibility of turning these freehand drawings into finished prints. Although Oudry's skill in portraying animals and his interpretation of La Fontaine's humor can hardly be surpassed, Cochin's sure and expert hand did much to improve the original drawings, particularly the figures. He redesigned them, correcting the figures and background and providing precise lines for the engravers.Cohen-de Ricci "magnifique ouvrage ; Lesage "Les deux cent soixante-quinze dessins de Jean-Baptiste Oudry... vont donner naissance à l'édition la plus prestigieuse et la plus copiée du siècle et à de très nombreuses déclinaisons dans les Arts décoratifs"; Tchemerzine "édition magnifique... par les meilleurs graveurs du temps."

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 252 - Ex libris of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. VOLTAIRE. Oeuvres complètes. - 66 volumes in 8vo. 202x125 mm. Quarter leather binding and marbled cardboard, gilt titles and gilt rules and blind tooled spines, red edges. Portrait of the Author in the first volume, drawn and engraved by Saint-Aubin, many plates engraved in copper by Moreau the Younger. Ex libris 'Feodorovna' engraved on copper, glued on the inside covers. Occasional foxing, slight traces of wear, good condition. Renouard edition of Voltaire's complete works, richly illustrated. Specimen belonged to the last Empress of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna. The ex-libris, surmounted by a crown with the initials AL underneath, bears the motto "naught but the highest shall content my soul" on one ribbon and the name "Féodorovna" on another ribbon. Below the image are the initials of the engraver W.P.B. (William Phillips Barrett) and the date 1904.Alexandra Feodorovna, 1872-1918, princess of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine, favorite niece of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, married Tsar Nicholas II in 1895; she was she was shot, with the rest of her family, on July 17, 1918.It is the best collective edition of Voltaire published under the Restoration, and one of the few illustrated, from a suite of Moreau the Younger in the possession of Renouard, who made annotations and additions, many of which were communicated to him by M. Clogenson. Here appear for the first time "Les sentiments des Citoyens," articles supplied by Voltaire to the Gazette littéraire, etc.... The last two volumes contain an analytical table established by Miger.

Estim. 3 500 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 253 - Prints. Gabinetto firmiano. - Folio. 300x225 mm. Contemporary Remondinian binding, polychrome marbled paper with caillouté technique. Pp. 8 including halftitle, 95, 1 blank. Sign of wear. Specimen with wide margins. Rare first edition. Very important source of art. This is the complete catalog of the print collection of Count Carlo Firmian, 1718 - 1782, governor of Austrian Lombardy from 1758 to 1782, one of the most important collectors of his era. The collection of graphic works of the Trentino count, imperial ambassador to Naples from 1754 to 1758, was auctioned in 1782, the year of his death. Purchased by Ferdinand IV of Bourbon, the collection includes more than 20,000 specimens, mainly prints.

Estim. 1 400 - 1 600 EUR

Lot 254 - DANTON. Police and Public Safety. Collection of five Laws from 25 February 1791 to 18 June 1793. - Collection of five Laws from February 25, 1791 to June 18, 1793.Highlights: the law countersigned by Danton condemning to death officials who fail to comply with National Assembly laws on state security (3); the two laws on "public tranquillity" (1, 2).

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 255 - Finances. Three Acts of the National Assembly and Convention. 1789-1793. - Three Acts of the National Assembly and Convention, November 29, 1789, to November 17, 1793. Measures to meet the dire situation of French finances. The first regards taxes on the property of aristocrats; the second provides financial aid for the French expelled from foreign countries; the third states that all those who have paid cash deposits in the National Treasury should present certificates documenting the sums with the corresponding dates.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 256 - Aid to prisoners. DANTON. Loi relative aux Citoyens detenus pour mois de nourrice. Du 15 Aout 1792. - 4to. 265x214 mm. Pp. 2, 2 blanks. With illustrated red seal of Constitutional Monarchy, in the crown the written: "Louis XVI P.L.G.D. Dieu et P.L. Loy constitutionnelle Roy D. François" and Danton's signature. First edition. Inspired by Danton, this law grants financial aid to prisoners who have children of nursing age. With the red seal of the constitutional monarchy and Danton's signature.Mary Spaulding, Penny Welch, Nurturing Yesterday's Child: A Portrayal of the Drake Collection of Paediatric History, Toronto 1994, p. 66.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 257 - Civil law in the ancien regime. D'AGUESSEAU. Memoire pour M. Etienne Guespin, Jure-Priseur au Bailliage de Chinon & Justices y ressortissantes, Appellant; Contre Messire Fortune Bouin de Noire... - 4to. 252x195 mm. Pp. 12 (the last page with error of numeration). Illustrated headpiece with floral motifs. Traces of wear and slight sign of humidity in the inner bottom margin. Dispute between bailiff Etienne Guespin and Magistrate Bouin de Noire, concerning the sale of furniture from an inheritance. D'Aguesseau, who defends Mr. Guespin, deals with the duties and rights of the Jure-Priseur, synthetically tracing the history of this important judicial institution in the Ancien Regime. Subsequently, the Marquis D'Aguesseau, 1752-1826, will be elected to the States General, will stand aside during the revolution, will be Senator in the First Empire and Peer of France with Louis XVIII.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 258 - Comte de VIRIEU. Military Leave Certificate. Infanterie – Regiment de Beauvoir. - VIRIEU, Francois-Henri, comte de. Military Leave Certificate. Infanterie - Regiment de Beauvoir. 1 November 1773. Oblong folio. 214x284 mm. Illustrations printed in woodcut, large coat of arms at the top and military triumphs on the sides and bottom. Within the central box the text is partly printed and partly handwritten. Red wax seal with the Royal Coat of Arms, the three lilies surmounted by a Crown. In the lower margin several signatures of the senior officers of the Regiment. Traces of wear and insignificant flaw on the right margin. The 'absolu' leave is assigned to Joseph Girardin, Sergeant Major of the Beauvoir Infantry Regiment. The document was viewed and approved by the Count of Virieu, 1754-1793, military man, politician and leading exponent of French Freemasonry, who was initially in favor of the Revolution and then opposed it, dying in combat.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 259 - PILLE. Reform Leave Certificate. 105 Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie. - PILLE, Louis Antoine. Reform Leave Certificate. 105 Demi-Brigade d'Infanterie. Lyon, 11 December 1798 Oblong folio. 244x325. Illustrations printed in woodcut, with the symbols of the revolution, the fasces and the Phrygian cap at the top, soldiers of the revolutionary army on the sides. Within the central box the text is partly printed and partly handwritten. Red wax seal with the Coat of Arms of the Demi-Brigade and oval stamp of the "Departement de la Guerre". Top right handwritten signature of General L. A. Pille; below several signatures of the Commissioners and members of the Board of Directors of the 'Demi-Brigade'. Slight traces especially on the margins. Reform leave for Laurent Remaque, 'fusilier' of the Demi-Brigade. At the bottom the date "Lyon le Vingt-unieme jur du mois de Frimaire l'an Septieme de la Republique francaise...". The document is countersigned by the Adjutant General Pille, Chef d'Etat-Amjour of the 19th Division Militaire." The 105 Demi-Brigade actively participated in the revolutionary war: in 1799 it played an important role in the Italian Campaign.Louis Antoine Pille, 1749-1828, was a prominent general of the French Revolution and the Empire. He was appointed General of Division in 1795; in the year VI, September 22, 1797 - September 21, 1798, he was entrusted with the command-in-chief of twelve departments of Southern France, from the Alps and the Pyrenees to the Ocean. He received a letter from General Bonaparte in which the sentence appears, "Le gouvernement ne pouvait confier en des mains plus sages des fonctions plus importantes."

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 260 - Military Leave Certificate. 10 Demi Brigade. - Military Leave Certificate. 10 Demi Brigade. Paris, December 12, 1805 Oblong folio. 214x284 mm. Printed and manuscript text within a frame with neoclassical decorations printed in woodcut, allegory of the 'Republique Francaise' at the top center. Bottom left round stamp with the crowned imperial eagle. Below the text are the signatures of the 'Membres du Conseil d'Administration'. On the reverse, long handwritten note attesting to the order of the Minister of War of 26 Brumaire. Slight foxing and traces of use, insignificant hole, good condition. 'Absolu' leave granted to Citizen Jean Morel, born in Paris, 'fusilier' of the First Company of the 2nd Bataillon. The document, drawn up when Napoleon had already become Emperor, bears the symbols of the Republic and the Empire. In the date at the end of the text "the printed inscription "Paris le Vingt-un Frimaire An 14" the printed inscription "Republique francaise" placed after Frimaire is canceled with a pen mark.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 261 - Epinal - Madagascar. French Colonial War. Le General Gallieni Pacificateur de Madagascar. - Rare flyleaf with the general's portrait and biographical description combined with a description of the military campaign in Madagascar.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 262 - Epinal - Timbuktu. Two colored lithographs. - Fine lithographs concerning the French occupation of Timbuktu (Mali) in 1893. In one of the prints is the triumphal entry of the military column led by Lieutenant Colonel Bonnier, and in the other, in two vignettes, is a panorama of the Malian city and the fatal ambush to which a column of French troops commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Bonnier himself went on January 15, 1894.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 263 - Epinal - Siam - French Indochina. Two colored lithographs. - Interesting colored lithographs concerning French colonial expansion in Indochina in 1893. One of the lithographs depicts the protagonists and the French maritime force, while the other depicts the king, some monuments, and the people of Siam. In caption interesting information about the Asian country.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 264 - Epinal - Franco-Prussian War. Siege et Bombardement de Strasbourg. - Beautiful lithograph depicting the drama experienced by the civilians of the city of Strasbourg in the context of the Franco-Prussian War during the 4 days of uninterrupted bombardment by the Prussians led by August von Werder, August 24-27, 1870.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 265 - Epinal - Russo-Turkish War. Guerre d’Orient. Attaque du Col de Chipka. - Beautiful lithograph depicting one of the clashes between the armies of the Russian Empire and Bulgarian insurgents on the one hand and the Ottoman Empire on the other during the Tenth Russo-Turkish War that led to the creation of an autonomous Bulgaria within the Ottoman Empire.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 266 - WWI. Epinal. MORINET. A la Jeune France. - Beautiful colored engraving forming part of "La Guerre 1914-1916 en Images" from Imagerie Epinal No. 96bis. Patriotic vignettes spurring French youth to war effort and sacrifice for their country.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 267 - WWI. Epinal. KAUFFMANN. Le Mort Vainquier. - Patriotic print in order to remember and commemorate the thousands of French dead during the very bloody Battle of Verdun. This frightening battle became a sacred national legend in France, synonymous with strength, heroism and suffering.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 268 - Epinal - Italian Second War of Independence Battles. Four colored lithographs. - Four rare colored lithographs depicting battles fought during the Second Italian War of Independence (1859) between the Franco-Piedmontese and Austrian sides.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 269 - WWI. Epinal. I Molti Soldati Italiani. Le Grans Soldats Italiens. - Beautiful colored engraving forming part of the "Images de la Grande Guerre" from Imagerie Epinal No. 108, depicting Italian officers and generals who took part in the Great War. They feature: Armando Diaz, Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, Duke of Aosta, Roberto Brussati (actually Brusati), Carlo Pettiti, the Count of Turin, Carlo Porro, Luigi Cadorna, and Giuseppe Garibaldi, grandson of the famous leader.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 270 - WWI. Epinal. The Great English Soldiers. Les Grands Soldats Anglais. - Beautiful colored engraving forming part of Imagerie Epinal's "Images de la Grande Guerre" No. 106, depicting British officers and generals who took part in the Great War. Featured are: Marshal Douglas Haig, Herbert Plumer, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, William Robertson, William Birdwood, Julian Byng, Stanley Maud, Henry Rawlinson, and Silver-Jack.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 271 - WWI. Epinal. The Great American Soldiers. Le Grans Soldats Americains. - Beautiful colored engraving forming part of Imagerie Epinal's "Images de la Grande Guerre" No. 109, depicting U.S. officers and generals who took part in the Great War. They feature: Scott, John J. Pershing, de Mayo, Lloyd Siebert, Frank F. Fletcher, Eugene Bullard, Coffeman, Welsh.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 272 - La Tradotta. Giornale settimanale della 3a Armata. - Complete collection. Journal of World War I illustrated with color plates, one double-page spread for each issue. All published are 25 issues, from March 21, 1918 to July 1, 1919 plus three supplements. The magazine's creator was Colonel Ercole Smaniotto, who entrusted the editorship to Second Lieutenant Renato Simoni, a well-known theater critic for the "Corriere della Sera." The most assiduous contributors were the painters Enrico Sacchetti, author of the masthead and all the color covers, Umberto Brunelleschi, Giuseppe Mazzoni, as well as very present are Antonio Rubino and Arnaldo Fraccaroli, without neglecting the contributions of Riccardo Gigante and Gino Calza Bini. The newspaper was addressed to all soldiers, but in particular it was an expression of the Third Army, whose headquarters is in Mogliano Veneto and was printed first in Venice, then in Verona, and finally in Reggio Emilia.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 273 - Touring Club Italiano. Grande Carta della Guerra Italiana. - Rare volume of the Italian Touring Club containing 24 color maps on the theaters of World War I relating to the areas of: 1. Nauders; 2. Bressanone - Merano; 3. Bruneck; 4. Lienz; 5. Spittal; 6. Istria-Dalmatia 7. Ortler - Cevedale; 8. Bolzano; 9. Pieve di Cadore; 10. Tolmezzo; 11. Villach; 12. Klagenfurt; 13. Adamello; 14. Trento; 14a. Belluno; 14b. Maniago; 15. Udine - Tolmino; 16. Ljubljana; 17. Riva; 18. Rovereto - Schio; 18a. Bassano - Treviso; 18b. Pordenone; 19. Gorizia - Trieste; 20. Adelsberg.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 274 - WWI. Epinal. CLASQUIN. L’Attila du XXme siecle et ses hordes: quelques-uns de leurs crimes de lese-humanite. - Beautiful colored engraving forming part of "La Guerre 1914-1915" from Imagerie Epinal No. 89. The illustrations, like the title, heavily attack German Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was guilty of ordering looting and destruction on some of France's finest monuments such as the Cathedral of Reims, the Library and Church of St. Pierre in Louvain, and the Town Hall in Arras.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 275 - WWI. Epinal. O’GALOP. La Bataille de Cuxhaven – 25 Decembre 1914. - Beautiful colored engraving forming part of "La Guerre 1914-1916 en Images" from Imagerie Epinal No. 93bis. Beautiful depiction of the Battle of Cuxhaven, a small port at the mouth of the Elbe near Hamburg. The battle was notable for being the first in which "machines in the air and under the sea" took part in the fight.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 276 - WWI. Epinal. O’GALOP. Chez Eux et Chez Nous. - Beautiful colored engraving forming part of "La Guerre 1914-1916 en Images" from Imagerie Epinal No. 91bis. The German military deployment is depicted, in close ranks, men elbow to elbow, while the French are shown orderly and methodical with their artillery pieces.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 277 - BRECARD. L'Armée française à travers les âges. Ses traditions, ses gloires, ses uniformes. La Cavalerie. - Folio; 340x260 mm. Binding in half shagreen cloth and leather, corners. Gilt title. Insidecovers. Pp. II-171. 20 colored plates by Pierre-Albert Leroux protected by tissue paper. Wear to binding, foot of spine restored. Internally very good copy. First edition. Interesting compendium on the history of the French cavalry from its origins to its involvement in the First World War. Our copy is part of a limited edition of 535 copies printed on Prioux paper. This is number 84.Charles Théodore Brécard (1867 - 1952) was a French general during the First World War.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 278 - WWI. Epinal. MORINET. Cynique Mepris de l’Allemagne pour ses engagements et le droit des peuples. - Beautiful colored engraving forming part of Imagerie Epinal No. 89ter's "La Grande Guerre en Images." Yet another propaganda attack on the horrors of the German army, accused of trampling on human rights and tearing up all peace treaties and international conventions such as Belgium's neutrality, the Hague Convention and the Geneva Convention.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 279 - WWI. Epinal. O’GALOP. L’Allemagne se dit et veut etre «Au-dessus de tout». - Beautiful colored engraving forming part of "La Guerre 1914-1916 en Images" from Imagerie Epinal No. 94bis. The cartoons are a propagandistic, satirical and humorous attack on Germany, with Kaiser Wilhelm II depicted as a gorilla.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 280 - WWI. Epinal. O’GALOP. Informations et Dementis a la facon de Barbarie ou la Verite Allemande. - Beautiful colored engraving forming part of "La Guerre 1914-1915 en Images" from Imagerie Epinal no. 88bis. Satirical cartoons over the manipulation of war news by the Germans.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 281 - WWI. Epinal. O’GALOP. Pour le 55eme Anniversaire de Sa Naissance. - Beautiful colored engraving forming part of "La Guerre 1914-1915 en Images" from Imagerie Epinal no. 87bis. Satirical vignette celebrating the 55th birthday of William II, who is offered a macabre bouquet composed of the skulls of his subjects who perished during the Great War.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 282 - WWI Poster. FAIVRE. 4è. Emprunt De La Défense Nationale. - Poster measuring 80 x 120 cm. Illustration with vivid colors. Below the image, on the right, the author's signature. Title in the lower margin. Traces of wear, but good condition. Submission of the defeated William II, with his sword broken, dominated by the flags of the Triple Alliance. Jules Abel Faivre, 1867-1945, French painter, illustrator and cartoonist, member of the Société des Artistes Français, became famous by creating propaganda posters for the French army in the First World War. He drew comics for Le Rire, L'Écho de Paris and Le Figaro.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 283 - WWI Poster. NAUDIN. Français, Souscrivez au Deuxième Emprunt de la Défense Nationale. - Poster measuring 120 x 80 cm. Black and white illustration, red and black inscription. At the bottom left the typographical data, on the right signature and date. Good condition. Patriotic World War I poster published in Paris in 1916 encouraging the French to take out the Second National Defense Loan. At the top several flags with the motto Honneur et Patrie.Bernard Étienne Hubert Naudin, 1876 - 1946, was a French painter, designer, caricaturist, and engraver. In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, he was drafted to be an infantry sergeant and became a war illustrator, depicting life in the trenches. His frontline work earned him a knighthood in the Legion of Honor. This poster is part of the political and military collections at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 284 - Marshal Pétain. COULON. Mardi 12 Août 1941. Le Maréchal Pétain décide: Plus d'influences ténébreuses... L'autorité sera respectée... - Poster measuring 106 x 80 cm. At the top right the Portrait of Marshal Petain, at the bottom the typographical data. Good condition. Important large poster, published by the 'Secrétariat Général de l'Information', printed using the colors of the French flag: the speech in which the Marshal announced the suspension of political parties and the suppression of the parliamentary allowance is presented. The portrait of Petain is the work of Roland Coulon, 1897-1954, painter, draftsman, engraver, illustrator and poster designer of French cinema. A collaborationist, he was head of the artistic services of the General Secretariat of Information of the Vichy regime.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 285 - WWI Poster. ROYER. L’Aurore. - Poster measuring 80 x 60 cm. Illustration with vivid colors. Below, on the right, the author's signature. The title stands out at the top, next to the flag. At the top, covered by twigs with green leaves, is the writing "Marne Yser, Somme Verdun." Good condition. Magnificent illustration that celebrates victory by evoking the four great battles of the World War I. Henri Paul Royer, 1869 - 1938, was a French painter, remembered especially for his genre works from Brittany. A painter of genre, portraitist and landscape artist, he traveled both in America and Europe during his life. Royer taught at the Académie Julian and at the École des Beaux-Arts. Among his many students were Georgina and Lucilio de Albuquerque, Fréderic Fiebig, Jacques Majorelle, Thérèse Geraldy and Émile Louis Picault. When the First World War broke out, he was first incorporated into the 41st Infantry Regiment. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre on November 17, 1915 and the Military Cross on August 10, 1916. Thereafter, he joined the 1st Regiment of Engineering camouflage section on November 1, 1916. He was promoted to officer of the Legion of Honor on 11 August 1931.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 286 - Poster/French Algeria. Grandes fêtes annuelles de Birmandreïs. - Poster measuring 125 x 85 cm. Text within the colors of the French flag. Good condition. The poster advertises the annual festivals held in the municipality of Bir Mourad Raïs, south of Algiers: "Grande matinée, courses à pied, jeu de ciseaux pour demoiselles, matinée dansante, grand concours de tir à la carabine, jeu de quilles, jeu de crapaud, grand bal, ...."

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 287 - Poster celebrating work in Germany during World War II. «Bon Voyage, mais n’oublie pas que j’attends ton retour Pour Partir». - Poster measuring 60 x 40 cm. Color lithograph. Title below the image. At the bottom right, the symbol of the Vichy Republic, the double-headed Francisque, and the writing 'Information de l'Etat Francais'. Excellent condition. Collaborationist propaganda. A worker in overalls and another in a jacket and tie, both wearing a cap, and holding a suitcase, shake hands; in the background a locomotive with a smoking chimney. Description, date and typographical information taken from a card edited by 'Paris Musees'.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 288 - Work in Germany during World War II. Toi qui as le bonheur d’être en permission, Toi qui as eu la joie de revoir ta famille, Toi qui n’oublies pas ton camarade, repars pour qu’il vienne a son tour. - Poster measuring 60 x 40 cm. Color lithograph. Below the image, in the center, the symbol of the Vichy Republic, the double-headed Francisque, and the writing 'Information de l'Etat Francais'. Bottom left "Oraff V II 471." Excellent condition. Collaborationist propaganda. A worker in overalls and a cap encourages his compatriots to return to Germany to work. Description, date and typographical information taken from a card edited by 'Paris Musees'.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 289 - Propaganda Poster on work in Germany during World War II. LAVAL. La Relève continue ! Il en reste… Relevez-les! - Poster measuring 54 x 36 cm. Lithography. Text printed in white on a blue background; under the text, on the right, "P. LAVAL, Compiègne 11 Août 1942 ". Bottom right " V - II -200." Good condition. Collaborationist propaganda. Incitement to 'voluntary' work in Germany written by P. Laval, 1883 - 1945, who was minister several times starting from 1935. During the Second World War and the Occupation he was, with Philippe Pétain, the most important personality of the German regime Vichy is the main implementer of the policy of collaboration with Nazi Germany. Description, date and typographical information taken from a card edited by 'Paris Musees'.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 290 - Sabotage against the Nazi Occupation. German military government in France. Bekanntmachung / Avis / De actes de sabotage repetes. - Poster measuring 43x54.5 cm. Bilingual German-French notice. Under the text the date "Alencon, le 29 Octobre 1940" and the signature "Der Feldkommandant / Le Commandant de la Feldkommandantur". Good condition. Very rare poster, important source on the French resistance against the Occupation. Already in 1940 in Normandy the French partisans carried out acts of sabotage against telephone lines and German sentries.No in: Musée de la Libération de Paris - musée du Général Leclerc - musée Jean Moulin.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 291 - MONDO. Holy preaches to the pagans. Drawing. - MONDO, Dominic. Holy preaches to the pagans. Drawing.1717-1808 Sheet of 246x187 mm. Watercolor on ivory paper: brush with black and gray ink and touches of white lead. Good conditions. Beautiful watercolor that combines the sacred and the profane. The setting suggests a study for an altarpiece, with the preacher in the upper part dominated by angels in the midst of the clouds: the foreground is a naked young woman pointing to the saint. Domenico Mondo, an exponent of the Neapolitan Baroque, worked mainly between Naples and Caserta: in 1789, the year in which I was appointed director of the Neapolitan Academy of Drawing, on the offer of Ferdinand IV.

Estim. 2 500 - 2 800 EUR

Lot 292 - MASUCCI. Enthroned Madonna with Child and Two Saints. Bucolic scene. Drawings. - MASUCCI, Augustine. Enthroned Madonna with Child and Two Saints. Bucolic scene. Drawings. 1691-1758 Sheet of mm. 289x213. Two drawings, front and back, in sanguine. Good conditions. The sacred image is depicted within an oval: the two saints seem to be Saint Anthony and Saint Bartholomew, with their attributes, the lily and the knife. In the pastoral scene, full page, a seated young man and a girl converse in a rural setting: in the foreground, at the boy's feet, a crouched dog. The Roman painter Agostino Masucci, a pupil of Carlo Maratta, was a friend of Filippo Juvarra and Luigi Vanvitelli and obtained important commissions both in Rome and in various Italian and European courts. Especially in the second drawing the Arcadian academicism typical of 18th century Roman painting is expressed.

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 293 - CASOLANI. Coronation of the Virgin with Angels and Cherubs. - CASOLANI, Alexander. Coronation of the Virgin with Angels and Cherubs. 1552 - 1607 Watercolor drawing on paper. 444x325 mm. Black pen and monochrome watercolor on hazelnut tones. reinforced. Good conditions. Grand and complex representation, with the Holy Trinity crowning the Virgin, venerated by two kneeling cherubs. In the foreground, on the sides, two musical angels with lute and harp. The central scene is framed by a crowd of angels and cherubs emerging from the clouds. The Sienese painter, influenced by Barocci and Veronese, was an eminent representative of the mannerism of the late sixteenth century.

Estim. 4 000 - 4 500 EUR

Lot 294 - ZUCCARI. The Visitation. Mary meets Elizabeth. - ZUCCARI, Federico. The Visitation. Mary meets Elizabeth. 1539 - 1609 Watercolor pasted on cardboard in octagonal shape. 250x242 mm. Monochrome watercolor in different hazelnut shades. Good conditions. Masterful illustration of the important episode narrated in the Gospel of Luke. In a domestic interior the two women, the young Mary and the older Elizabeth, are at the center of the scene. Behind them two women can be glimpsed, probably Mary of Cleophas and Mary of Salome. Two men also attend the meeting, in the background: St. Joseph with the stick on the left, and Zechariah on the right. The representation appears more austere than the monumental fresco on the same theme that the painter paints in the Chapel of Francesco Maria II d'Urbino, in 1582-83; here a more contained feeling emerges, not spectacularized. Federico was first a pupil of his brother Maggio Taddeo Zuccari, who had a painting studio in Rome. In 1565 he joined the Academy of Drawing in Florence. The drawing will be a hallmark of his entire artistic life.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 295 - SAGRESTANI. Two studies of heroines from classical mythology. Drawing. - SAGRESTANI, John Camillus. Two studies of heroines from classical mythology. Drawing. 1660-1731 Sheet of mm. 245x285. A drawing and a watercolor: pen with black ink; brush with sepia color. Collection stamp Tito Miotti, Lugt 4259. Good condition. The Florentine painter, who at a young age had been a pupil of Carlo Cignani, here best expresses his pictorial technique, made up of quick touches and splashes of color. The two studies concern two young women, who wear ancient-style robes with ample draperies and who assume a rather solemn posture, with a notable dramatic effect.Provenance: Tito Miotti collection stamp, Lugt 4259

Estim. 4 500 - 4 800 EUR

Lot 296 - Attributed to PERIN DEL VAGA. Study for centerpiece decorated with mythological figures. - PERIN DEL VAGA, Attributed to. Study for centerpiece decorated with mythological figures. 1501 - 1547 Watercolor drawing on paper. 176x199mm. Pen and ink. The sheet with the drawing has been cut out and glued onto a sheet of black pen squared support 185 x 209 mm. Collection stamp Good condition. The centerpiece is decorated with fantastic mythological figures, two mermaids surrounded by cherubs at the bottom and an imposing sphinx crouched as a lid. Similar drawings by the famous Florentine painter, pupil of Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio and collaborator of Raphael can be found at the MAK, Museum für angewandte Kunst, in Vienna.

Estim. 3 800 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 297 - GONZALEZ. Sacred objects for the liturgy. Drawings. - GONZALEZ, Concordio. Sacred objects for the liturgy. Drawings. 1832 - 1896 6 Sheets of different sizes, from mm. 360x224 in mm. 260x160. Black ink pen on light brown paper. Four sheets are signed. Good condition. Six preparatory studies for the creation of sacred objects in silver: six furnishings for the liturgy are designed with great attention to detail and ornamentation. The objects are: a monstrance, a chalice with handle details, a pyx, a palm with a winged snake, a candelabrum, a reliquary. The Spanish artist Concordio Gonzales was a silversmith specializing in church and liturgical works.

Estim. 2 500 - 2 800 EUR

Lot 298 - VECCHI. Preparatory drawing for an altarpiece. - VECCHI, John. Preparatory drawing for an altarpiece. C. 1536-1614 Sheet of mm. 267x176. Drawing pasted on cardboard, pen with sepia ink. Two collection stamps: H. K. Lempertz Collection, Lugt 1337; Robert Udny Collection, Lugt 2248. Good condition. The drawing shows the vision of an important altarpiece, probably to be performed on commission from a monastery. Above the Madonna and Child, a little further down, on both sides, two saints, in the background a crowd of monks and saints. At the center of the scene is a splendid perspective view of a city in central Italy. The design was part of two authoritative collections, to which Lugt dedicates flattering notes.

Estim. 7 500 - 7 800 EUR

Lot 299 - FALCONETTO. Architectural study for a Composite Order Column. - FALCONETTO, John Mary. Architectural study for a Composite Order Column. 410x197 mm. Pencil and pen with black ink. Various writings and numbers in pencil and pen. Sign of use, good conditions. This is a project intended for the construction of an important architecture. The drawing must serve as an operational guide for the artists who have to perform the work, as can be clearly seen from the handwritten notes. In the center a long writing in pen with precise technical indications for the construction of the column "ricordo per lo scalpellino di pigliare un fero per regere il frieze et cornice sopra l'architrave et ancho acio non si spelli detto architrave per il vano grande" (I remember for the stonemason to take a iron to regulate the frieze and frame above the architrave and still do not peel said architrave for the large room). Below, in pencil "Prospectus of the pedestal" (View of the pedestal). The drawing, whose handwritten notes suggest a Venetian author, is attributable to Falconetto. We note that the shadings are very similar to those present in a drawing by the Falconetto, kept in the Prints and Drawings Department of the Dresden Museum.The Veronese architect and decorator participated in the construction of the Palazzo d'Arco in Mantua, whose facade is marked by a giant composite order of pilasters, resting on a high base, very similar to the one outlined in this sheet. In Padua, then, Falconetto used the elegant columns of the Composite Order in the magnificent Porta Savonarola, erected in 1530, which looks like a triumphal arch and is also mentioned by Vasari.In addition, in the Basilica of Sant'Antonio he also participated in the construction of the Chapel of the Ark of the Saint: the facade, all of fine marble, is supported by four beautiful Composite Order columns in white Carrara marble. Falconetto is certainly credited for the decoration of the ceiling of the Chapel, but it appears very likely that he also had a supervisor role, given his recognized importance in the artistic panorama of the time.See Bonaventura Perissutti (O.F.M. Conv.), Devoted and erudite news about the Life and the famous Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua, Niccolò Bettinelli, 1796, p. 32: "The architect of this chapel [...] is wanted to be Giovanni Maria Falconetto Veronese ..."; Sarah Blake Wilk, The sixteenth-century decoration of the Chapel of the Ark of St. Anthony, in The sculptures of the Saint of Padua, curated by Giovanni Lorenzoni, Vicenza, Neri Pozza 1984.

Estim. 5 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 300 - SACCHI. Architectural study with portal and mask on the reverse Portrait of a Faun. - SACCHI, Andrea. Architectural study with portal and mask on the reverse Portrait of a Faun. 1599-1661 Watercolor drawing on heavy paper. Signed on the reverse. Sheet 274x210; Image 200x138 mm. Brown pen and monochrome watercolor in soft hazelnut tones. Boxed image. On the reverse a Faun, outlined with a brush in sepia ink and signed: "d'Andrea Sacchi". Slight sign of marginal use and a small loss within the drawing. An important architectural drawing by the famous Roman painter, who collaborated with Guido Reni and Pietro da Cortona. On the reverse a tasty portrait of an old faun with a sardonic smile. D'Anvossa highlighted Andrea Sacchi's important activity also as an architect, which is now recognized by scholars. Alessandra Cosmi: "Sacchi's activity as an architect has been documented since 1639 (Incisa della Rocchetta, 1924, pp. 66 f.): He was employed by Antonio Barberini to supervise the works in S. Maria sopra Minerva (1638-44) and S. Agata dei Goti (1633-41), as well as for some sets of the comedies staged in the theater of Palazzo Barberini and for ephemeral apparatus (pp. 67-69). In the 1950s, on Antonio's return from France, Sacchi took care of the renovation work at Villa Sciarra, in the palace in Nemi and in the one at Giubbonari."

Estim. 3 000 - 3 500 EUR

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Lot 209 - China. PAUTHIER. Chine. - Colored publisher's binding, mm. 130x215. 72 plates and one folded map. Foxing, good condition. Interesting description of China illustrating customs, customs and trade activities.

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Lot 266 - WWI. Epinal. MORINET. A la Jeune France. - Beautiful colored engraving forming part of "La Guerre 1914-1916 en Images" from Imagerie Epinal No. 96bis. Patriotic vignettes spurring French youth to war effort and sacrifice for their country.

Lot 267 - WWI. Epinal. KAUFFMANN. Le Mort Vainquier. - Patriotic print in order to remember and commemorate the thousands of French dead during the very bloody Battle of Verdun. This frightening battle became a sacred national legend in France, synonymous with strength, heroism and suffering.

Lot 268 - Epinal - Italian Second War of Independence Battles. Four colored lithographs. - Four rare colored lithographs depicting battles fought during the Second Italian War of Independence (1859) between the Franco-Piedmontese and Austrian sides.