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194 - NICE CARNIVAL – A collection of annual programmes and/or ove…
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Estimate €150 - €200
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NICE CARNIVAL – A collection of annual programmes and/or overviews of the attractions, illustrated with black-and-white or colour drawings by various artists, with illustrated covers; a collection of 15 illustrated documents in various formats, dating from 1888 to 1971. - In-8 format: Nice Carnival 1888 (16th year). Printed and lithographed by Gandini; fold-out panorama measuring approximately 120 cm × 24 cm, illustrated with drawings by L. Musso depicting all the attractions, with a pink cover illustrated by L. Musso; folded to in-8 format. / SAME as above for 1889, Printed and Lithographed by B. Giacobi; illustrated by Musso, with a blue cover / SAME AS ABOVE for 1890, illustrated by J. Boni, with a cream-coloured cover / SAME AS ABOVE for 1891, panorama illustrated by J. Duru, with a plain pale green cover (the second cover plate is missing). / SAME as above for 1891, printed and lithographed by Gandini, illustrated by L. Musso (the plain front cover is missing). / SAME as above for 1892, printed and lithographed by Couissinnier & Bonfils, illustrated by J. Boni, with an illustrated yellow cover. / IDEM for 1895, printed and lithographed by Couissinnier & Bonfils, illustrated by R.M. Lair, with a colour-illustrated cover and panorama. - Oblong in-8 format: Nice Carnival 1888. Illustrated by Beaumont and Jarnach. Printed and lithographed by Eug. Davin; 10 pp. Illustrated with local attractions and advertisements drawn in black; sea-green cover illustrated in black (cover yellowed with losses). / SAME as above for 1889. Illustrated by Jarnach. 24pp. Folds out into a large poster with Jarnach’s drawings in black on the front and local advertisements on the back; cover illustrated in colour by Jarnach. Leaflet published by the Nice Olive Oil Society (very small snags at the edge of the cover, tear at one fold of the poster with no missing material). -In-4 format: MOSSA. Nice Carnival. Complete album based on official documents by A. Mossa. 8–18 February 1890; 10-page in-4 paperback. Illustrated in colour, folded to oblong in-o format. / SAME AS ABOVE for 1890, illustrated and printed in sepia. - Supplement to *Le Monde Elégant*: Nice Carnival 1891. Poster in plano, illustrated with black-and-white drawings by P. Comba. Small tear with no loss; the illustrated cover (front cover) of the 1881 Nice Carnival is enclosed separately. - Nice Carnival 1924. Programme of the Festivities on the Côte d’Azur. 56-page in-4 paperback. Illustrated with drawings, photographs and advertisements; illustrated cover. / Nice Carnival 1971. Official programme. 24-page in-8 booklet. Illustrated in colour, with a colour illustrated cover.
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About the sale Nice and the French Riviera: Over 200 lots – Mr X’s Collection – Antique books, pamphlets, documents, manuscripts and collectable historical papers, photographs and tourist posters
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Auction time 07/01/2026 at 2:15 PM
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