FR EN
1 / 8
a black and white photo of a book with a black covera drawing of a plate and a vase on a tablean old drawing of four different types of doors and windowsthree sketches of a church and a church steeple on a wallsketches of a church, a church and a church with a clock towerthree drawings of a building and a drawing of a housetwo framed pictures of a man and a woman sitting on a bencha picture of a picture of a picture of a building
Featured lot selected by the auctions House.
Premium Daguerre Val de Loire

87 - [Architecture]. [Drawings]. BESSIÈRES, Lucien Dieudonné (182…
See original version (French)

Estimate €800 - €1,000
Sale commission
Description
[Architecture]. [Drawings]. BESSIÈRES, Lucien Dieudonné (1829–1918), Parisian architect. A significant collection of original drawings. Mid-19th century. 1 vol. large folio (50 x 34 cm). Black half-shagreen binding, ribbed spine, with ‘Lucien Bessières’ and ‘Dessins’ gilded on the spine. 83 leaves mounted on tabs. Most of the drawings are in Indian ink on mounted tracing paper; others are in graphite; a few are watercolours. One drawing is dated May 1856. Some are geographically specified: - earthenware in Paris, cabinet-made furniture, funerary monuments, doors (including carriage gates on Rue des Bernardins in Paris and the entrance gate to the hospice at Le Croisic), wrought-iron balcony railings and staircase balustrades, entrance gates, views of churches (including Yerres, Valenton, Crosne, Poigny, Les Trous, Rouvroy and Grugis), baptismal fonts, wood panelling (including the church at Argenteuil), altarpieces, fireplaces, the Château de la Vérie and a rural dwelling near Le Croisic, as well as numerous façade elevations and architectural details. A student at the École des Beaux-Arts from December 1847 to February 1855, in the studios of Adhémar, Mortier and Callet, Lucien Bessière designed town halls and schools, several private mansions in Paris, restored châteaux in the provinces and contributed to the journal *L’Encyclopédie d’Architecture*. An exceptional and very well-preserved collection.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale Books from the 15th to the 21st century, most of which are illustrated. Manuscripts. Painters’ autographs. Maps and plans. Atlases. Architectural drawings. Normandy.
Auction location
Auction time 10/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like