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an old photo of two ships in the water with people standing on the dockan old photo of a book with two pictures of a cityphotograph of a black and white photo of a harbor with a ship in the waterphotograph of an old picture of a train station in the middle of a towna black and white photo of a city on the watera black and white photo of a train going down the tracksan old picture of a view of a bridge over a riveran old photo of a train going down the tracksa black and white photo of a man riding a horsephotograph of a group of people posing for a picture in a black and white photoseveral old black and white photos of a man and a womanpictures of people and animals in this old bookan old drawing of a farm with a house in the distancean old book with two pictures of a windmill and a buildingan old book with two pictures of trees and a rivera picture of a picture of a river with boats in itan old book with two pictures of a nun and a house in the backgrounddrawing of a view of a village in a valley with hills in the backgrounda drawing of a train on the tracks next to a picture of a mountainan old drawing of a monument in the middle of a fieldan old book with two pictures of a castle and a treetwo drawings of a mountain and a river in the same picturetwo drawings of a building and a building with writing on itchinese writing on a piece of paper with writing underneath itan old photo of a woman standing next to a horse drawn carriagea picture of a picture of a chinese writing on the wallan old drawing of a farm with a horse drawn by a manan old black and white photo of a group of men standing in front of a tenta picture of a drawing of a landscape with hills in the backgrounda vintage photo of a group of people with an umbrellaan old drawing of a village with a farm in the foregrounda group of people that are standing outside of a buildinga black and white photo of a square in a cityan old photo of a boat on the waterphotograph of a black and white photo of a castle on a hillan old photo of a view of a field with trees and hillsan old photo of a large building with a fountain in front of ittwo old black and white photos of a beach and a body of watertwo old black and white photos of a river and a small towntwo black and white photos of a man walking on a beach next to a body of watertwo old photos of boats in a body of water near a buildingphotograph of a black and white photo of a village in the mountainsphotograph of a black and white photo of a mountain with a village in the foregrounda picture of a painting of a boat on the wateran old photo of a group of people on a pieran old picture of people walking on the beachchinese writing on a red paper with black writing on ittwo old black and white photos of a man and a woman
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116 - [INDOCHINA] ALBUM OF A COLONIAL TROOP OFFICER (1884–1892)
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Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
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[INDOCHINA] ALBUM OF A COLONIAL TROOP OFFICER (1884–1892) Egypt, Aden, Tonkin, Cochinchina, Corsica, the French Riviera… Oblong folio, full contemporary blue binding in poor condition (25.5 x 34 cm) comprising: - 45 albumin or silver gelatine prints of various sizes, mounted on sheets, including landscapes and figures from Indochina, a Chinese officer on a mission, a palanquin and the French customs post in Hanoi, Tonkinese riflemen, Corsica, Toulon… - 18 original drawings in black and colour: Chu the interpreter, an Annamite woman, the Hai Dzuong Citadel in Tonkin as seen from the road to Bac Nink (engagement of the 23rd), Loc-Nam, Dong-San, Lao-Kai, Thank Moi, the slave trade monument at Kep, the North Gate of the Lang-Son citadel, the China Gate, the Gate of the Hanoi citadel - Card belonging to a Chinese mandarin; seal impression of Ha-Khan-Schin, an Annamite mandarin and leader of the rebels at That Khé in December 1885; card belonging to a Chinese mandarin joining the boundary demarcation commission on 27 January 1886.
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About the sale The Paul BENARROCHE Collection and others | Old and modern photographs | Part I
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Auction time 10/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
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