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200 - ADOLPHE TERRIS (1820–1899)
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,500
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ADOLPHE TERRIS (1820–1899) Renovation of Marseille’s Old Town, opening of Rue Impériale, 1862 Photographic album of the ‘Old Streets Demolished for the Opening of Rue Impériale’, folio size, half-bound, brown shagreen with worn original corners, ribbed spine decorated with fillets, fleurons and gilt title, front cover bearing the city’s coat of arms, foxing and soiling on some mounts. A very complete copy with several prints showing fine chemical development. 26 albumen prints from collodion glass negatives, mounted on card. Titles, captions, dates and photographer’s credit: ‘Phot.Terris’ printed on the mounts. Album: 45.5 x 35.5 cm. Plates: 45 x 34 cm. Prints on average: 25 x 19 cm. List of Streets: 1. Rue des Grandes Maries – View taken from Rue Sainte Claire, 2. Tomb found in the former chapel of the Observance – Rue de la Comète, 3. Rue de la Fontaine de la Samaritaine – View taken from Rue de la Couronne, 4. Rue des Festons Rouges – view taken from Rue des Soleillets, 5. Rue de la Treille – view taken from Rue Sainte Claire, 6. Rue Foie de Bœuf – view taken from the top of Rue Cave de l’Oratoire, 7.Place du Cheval Blanc – view taken from the Rue du Cheval Blanc side, 8. Rue des Sept Maisons – view taken from the corner of Rue Belle Marinière, 9. Rue de Lorette – view taken from the Rue des Isnards side, 10.Rue de Lorette – view taken from Rue des Cormelins, 11. Rue des Trompeurs – view taken from Rue Fonderie Neuve, 12. Rue des Icardins – view taken from the direction of Place des Carmes, 13. Rue Belle Table – view taken from Rue Sainte Marthe, 14. Rue des Gavottes – view taken from the direction of Rue Fonderie Neuve, 15. Rue Fontaine Saint Claude – view taken from the direction of Traverse Sainte Claire, 16.Rue Caves de l’Oratoire – view taken from Rue Sainte Marthe, 17. Rue des Soleillets – view taken from the middle, 18. Rue Fonderie Neuve – view taken from Rue des Gavottes (reproduction of a drawing), 19. Rue de la Calandre – view taken from the Rue Fontaine Saint Claude side, 20. Rue Lit de Gavaux – view taken from Rue Belle Marinière, 21.Rue des Grands Carmes – view taken from Rue Sainte Marthe, 22. Rue Etroite – view taken from Rue Sainte Claire, 23. Rue des Isnards – view taken from the Rue de la Rosière side, 24.Rue Foie de Bœuf – view taken from the end of Rue des Soleillets, 25. Rue Embouquier – view taken from Rue des Gavottes, 26. Rue Trou de Moustier – view taken from the Rue de Lorette side Bibliography: *Marseille au XIXème* (1991), Musées de Marseille-RMN; for a similar image of Rue des Grands Carmes from the Collections of the Musées de Marseille, reproduced on p. 297.
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About the sale Paul BENARROCHE Collection and others | Old and modern photographs | Part II
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Auction time 10/23/2026 at 2:00 PM
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