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an old book with the initials f e and f e on itan open book sitting on top of a table next to a white wallan open book with a black and white photo of an old housea black and white photo of men working in a factory
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334 - ‘LA VIERGE’ SOAP FACTORY, Félix EYDOUX,
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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Description
‘LA VIERGE’ SOAP FACTORY, Félix EYDOUX, Marseille, 1900 Album belonging to Félix Eydoux. Oblong 8vo with raspberry-coloured percaline cardboard binding, featuring gilded initials ‘F.E’, produced by the Moullot printing works for the 1900 World’s Fair (19 x 29.5 cm), containing 24 plates, including one for the title page and an explanatory note on the factory, and 22 period silver-print photographs mounted on card with captions printed on the mount: 5 exterior views (rue d’Eguison, rue Rolland, rue d’Espagne, rue d’Albi) and 17 interior views (inner courtyard of the factories, oil storage and reception, deglycerinisation of oils, clarification of glycerines, engine room, repair workshop, production room, sodium carbonate causticising room, room for cooking soap, room for soap casting, room for soap solidification, soap moulding, preparation of perfumed soaps… Prints: 12 x 17 cm, montage: 18 x 25 cm
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About the sale Paul BENARROCHE Collection and others | Old and modern photographs | Part II
Auction location
Auction time 10/23/2026 at 2:00 PM
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