4 French religious cards - First communion cards from 1930s and 1960s

4 French religious cards - First communion cards from 1950s and 1960s

French religious image by Bouasse-Lebel & Soufflot representing the Last Supper by Leonard de Vinci

French engraving representing a hippopotamus and a rhinoceros by the drawer Edouard Travies dating from the middle of the 19th century.

Édouard Traviès de Villers, born in Doullens on March 24, 1809, and died in Paris 5th on November 18, 18761, is a well-known animal painter, illustrator and lithographer. This engraving is probably the result of a reissue of the encyclopedia on wildlife of Buffon.

French engraving representing two types of monkeys by the drawer Edouard Travies dating from the middle of the 19th century.

Édouard Traviès de Villers, born in Doullens on March 24, 1809, and died in Paris 5th on November 18, 18761, is a well-known animal painter, illustrator and lithographer. This engraving is probably the result of a reissue of the encyclopedia on wildlife of Buffon.

French engraving representing of a lioness and a cougar by the drawer Edouard Travies dating from the middle of the 19th century.

Édouard Traviès de Villers, born in Doullens on March 24, 1809, and died in Paris 5th on November 18, 18761, is a well-known animal painter, illustrator and lithographer. This engraving is probably the result of a reissue of the encyclopedia on wildlife of Buffon.

French engraving representing two types of eagles by the drawer Edouard Travies dating from the middle of the 19th century.

Édouard Traviès de Villers, born in Doullens on March 24, 1809, and died in Paris 5th on November 18, 18761, is a well-known animal painter, illustrator and lithographer. This engraving is probably the result of a reissue of the encyclopedia on wildlife of Buffon.

Two large wedding announcement cards for two different weddings from 1960s.

Two wedding announcement cards for the same wedding (dateless, maybe 1930s).

Two wedding announcement cards for the same wedding (dateless, maybe 1930s).

5 French birth announcement cards from 1950s and 1960s.

French engraving representing five birds from the middle of the 19th century.

This engraving is probably the result of a reissue of the encyclopedia on wildlife of Buffon.

French engraving representing five birds from the middle of the 19th century.

This engraving is probably the result of a reissue of the encyclopedia on wildlife of Buffon.

Beautiful Italian religious card - Card nicely cut from 1910s

Set of 8 French bills of exchange from 1950s with tax stamps and rubber-stamps.

Note that several bills of exchange have a hole in the lower left corner: these bills of exchange had to be stapled to the corresponding bills and had to be detached more or less cleanly once the customer had paid the expected amount.

The last photo shows the back of the bills of exchange.

These bills of exchange are financial instruments for loans between companies. Before the massive arrival of computers, these exchanges were carried out by hand as shown by these documents.

Set of 8 French bills of exchange from 1950s with tax stamps and rubber-stamps.

Note that several bills of exchange have a hole in the lower left corner: these bills of exchange had to be stapled to the corresponding bills and had to be detached more or less cleanly once the customer had paid the expected amount.

The last photo shows the back of the bills of exchange.

These bills of exchange are financial instruments for loans between companies. Before the massive arrival of computers, these exchanges were carried out by hand as shown by these documents.

Set of 10 French bills of exchange from different periods (from 1950s to 1980s), paper sizes and textures.

The last photo shows the back of the bills of exchange.

These bills of exchange are financial instruments for loans between companies. Before the massive arrival of computers, these exchanges were carried out by hand as shown by these documents.

Set of 10 French bills of exchange from different periods (from 1950s to 1980s), paper sizes and textures.

The last photo shows the back of the bills of exchange.

These bills of exchange are financial instruments for loans between companies. Before the massive arrival of computers, these exchanges were carried out by hand as shown by these documents.

Set of 10 French bills of exchange from different periods (from 1950s to 1980s), paper sizes and textures.

The last photo shows the back of the bills of exchange.

These bills of exchange are financial instruments for loans between companies. Before the massive arrival of computers, these exchanges were carried out by hand as shown by these documents.

Set of 10 French bills of exchange from different periods (from 1950s to 1980s), paper sizes and textures.

These bills of exchange are financial instruments for loans between companies. Before the massive arrival of computers, these exchanges were carried out by hand as shown by these documents.

French engraving representing strange characters dating from the middle of the 19th century.

This engraving is probably the result of a reissue of the encyclopedia on wildlife of Buffon even if this engraving presents humans

French engraving representing a young woman naked and strange characters dating from the middle of the 19th century.

This engraving is probably the result of a reissue of the encyclopedia on wildlife of Buffon even if this engraving presents humans

French engraving representing a porcupine and bears dating from the middle of the 19th century.

This engraving is probably the result of a reissue of the encyclopedia on wildlife of Buffon.

French engraving representing two types of monkey (jocko and pongo) by the drawer Victor Adam dating from the middle of the 19th century.

Jean-Victor Vincent Adam, born in Paris on January 28, 1801 and died in Viroflay on December 30, 1866, is a French painter and lithographer. He has illustrated numerous works and his drawings have been interpreted in engraving by Antoine François Gelée, Émile Giroux and Jean-François Pourvoyeur.

This engraving is probably the result of a reissue of the encyclopedia on wildlife of Buffon.

The Jocko is a monkey described by the Earl of Buffon in the fourteenth volume of his Natural History published in 17661. It is presented, alongside the «Pongo», as an orangutan. His description actually corresponds to that of a chimpanzee reported to France in 1740 and died the following year in London.