several old black and white photos of people and horses in a field
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810 - BOURGES / CHER – “HISTORICAL FESTIVAL OF JACQUES COEUR OF L’…
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Estimate €150
Description
BOURGES / CHER – “HISTORICAL FESTIVAL OF JACQUES COEUR OF L’ARGENTIER”. Complete collection – a very rare complete set – of 30 postcards, circa 1910, various designs from the publisher Maquaire – Thirty cards numbered from 1 to 30, featuring various views of the Jacques Coeur festival procession; beautiful, lively scenes: parade on Rue des Toiles (7 views), Place Planchat with crossbowmen and the banner of J. Coeur, the guilds on Place Planchat, the cart of St Eloi, King Charles VII passing through Rue Mirebeau, a group of horsemen on Place Planchat, the Berry float, the Beuveurs’ float, the float of Dame Macée de Léodepard, wife of Jacques Coeur (2 illustrations), a group of horsemen, King Charles VII, Dame Marée, passing beneath the old gate on Place des Marronniers, (4 views), the Treasurer’s procession along Rue Mirebeau, the old St Sulpice Gate, a group of minstrels, the Commissioner-General’s landau, pages in the procession, royal trumpeters, a group of crossbowmen, a group of lords, lords and knights of the tournament, King Charles VII.
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