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Daguerre Val de Loire

41 - BENOIST (Félix), LALAISSE (François-Hippolyte).
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Estimate €300 - €400
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BENOIST (Félix), LALAISSE (François-Hippolyte). Illustrated Normandy. Monuments, sites and traditional costumes of the Seine-Inférieure, Eure, Calvados, Orne and Manche departments. Drawn from life by F. Benoist, and lithographed by leading Parisian artists; the costumes drawn and lithographed by H. Lalaisse. Nantes, Charpentier, 1854–1855. 2 folio volumes, multiple pagination, midnight blue half-calf, spine with 5 raised bands, title and volume number in gold, rampant lion repeated in fleurons, gold coat of arms at the bottom of the spines (slight scuffing; internal defects including water damage to one title page). A sumptuous, monumental panorama of the five departments of Normandy, illustrated with 155 lithographs (including 5 frontispieces, a colour map and 22 plates of costumes with enhanced details). Provenance: Sadi Carnot (1837–1887), statesman, President of the Republic (gilded coat of arms on the spines).
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About the sale Books from the 15th to the 21st century, most of which are illustrated. Manuscripts. Painters’ autographs. Maps and plans. Architectural drawings. Normandy.
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Auction time 10/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
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