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an old picture of a large crowd of people gathered around a fountaina drawing of a man sitting on a rock overlooking a body of watera black and white picture of a view of a beachan old picture of a group of people with sheepan old picture of a train coming down the trackstwo red leather books with gold trims are stacked on top of each othertwo red books sitting on top of each other on a shelf
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Maître Stéphane PRENVEILLE

68 - BENOIST (Félix) – Contemporary Brittany.
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Estimate €400 - €600
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BENOIST (Félix) – Contemporary Brittany. Picturesque sites, monuments, costumes, scenes of daily life, stories, legends, traditions and customs of the five departments of this province – Paris, Nantes; Henri Charpentier, 1865 – 5 parts: Loire-Inférieure, Morbihan, Finistère, Côtes-du-Nord and Ille-et-Vilaine in 3 folio volumes - A few scattered foxing spots - A very complete copy, including the colour map and the 164 lithographed plates inserted separately, based on drawings by Félix Benoist, including one colour frontispiece - Publisher’s binding in garnet half-shagreen - Covers framed with a hermine cross lace border, corner coats of arms and the gilded arms of Brittany at the centres of the front covers - Spine with raised bands, beautifully decorated with ermine crosses, and the title and volume number in gold - Ex-libris labels on the inside front and back covers: Guillotin de Corson - A fine copy with plates virtually free from foxing.
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About the sale Antique and modern books and documents
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Auction time 10/02/2026 at 9:30 AM
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