French engraving representing two types of monkey (the marmoset and the tamarind) dating from the middle of the 19th century.

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

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

Belgian postcard of a little girl holding a little boy by the side of a canal from 1910s

Large vintage map of Europe from a French atlas of the 1910s. This map on two pages measures 46 x 37 cm and forms the front of the document.

These maps show the world as it was in 1910s...

French engraving representing two types of monkey 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.

Set of 3 decorative bearer share of a loan realized in France for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1931.

These documents will be sent folded in half as they have been kept since decades.

French vintage postcard of Saint-Alban-les-Eaux by the painter Louis Tauzin from 1900s.

Louis Tauzin, born July 21, 1842 in Barsac and died August 30, 1915 in Royan in 1915, is a French landscape painter and affichiste-chromolithographer. Between 1900 and 1910, Louis Tauzin painted a series of watercolours of spa towns (Saint-Alban-les-Eaux, Évian, Vichy) which were used as models for postcards.

More information at https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Tauzin

French engraving representing a calf, a cow, a sheep, a ram and a lamb 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.

Set of 10 photos of the village of Ouradour-sur-Glane (France) in the 1950s.

The original village was destroyed on 10 June 1944, when 643 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by a company of troops belonging to the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, a Waffen-SS unit of the military forces of Nazi Germany. A new village was built after the war on a nearby site, but on the orders of the then French president, Charles de Gaulle, the original has been maintained as a permanent memorial. The Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour museum is located beside the historic site. (from Wikipedia)

These photos are typical of the 1950s and 1960s, during which tourism progressed a lot but not all tourists were equipped with a camera. These photos were sold on the tourist sites allowing everyone to keep a souvenir of the visit.

A funny animal illustration by French painter and illustrator Ray-Lambert dating from the 1930s.

French vintage postcard representing a young woman with flowers from 1910s.

French engraving representing two types of monkey (Barbary macaque and gibbon) 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.

3 vintage French chromos representing small humorous scenes at the end of the 19th century - Card with golden background

Large French chromo representing children at the beach from the end of 19th century.

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

Large vintage map of Germany in 1910 from a French atlas of the 1910s. This map on two pages measures 46 x 37 cm and forms the front of the document.

These maps show the world as it was in 1910s...