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French engraving representing four 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.
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Vintage French postcard with some roses from 1940s.
Vintage French fashion magazine "La femme chez elle" with illustrations, articles and advertising - April 1931 - 34 pages
"La femme chez elle" is a French bi-weekly women’s magazine, founded in 1899, then disappeared in 1938. Everyday life is relayed through embroidery, cooking, education, good manners or even furniture advice.
Huge French lottery tickets "Loterie Nationale" from 1941.
These lottery tickets were sold on the street or in small shops to help veterans.
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.
Block of 4 old French stamps from 1959 representing the Elysée Palace seat of the French state in Paris. This stamp was created by draughtsman and engraver Pierre Munier. These stamps have not been used.
23 pages French notarial document (of which 7 handwritten pages) of the Dieppe region in France on old paper rather thick and rigid.
Center pages larger than the other pages have been meticulously folded to the same size
This document dates from 1925 and corresponds to an acknowledgement of debt.
Vintage Italian postcard from Napoli from 1910s. French written back.
Vintage French postcard with a some roses from 1940s on thin cardboard.
Set of 6 French bills of exchange from 1910s with tax stamps and rubber-stamps.
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.
Block of 4 old French stamps representing Figaro de Beaumarchais from 1953. This stamp was created by draughtsman André Spitz and engraver Henry Cheffer. These stamps have not been used.
Booklet of 20 vintage postcards about Rabat in Morocco by French photographer Marcelin Flandrin in the 1920s. These postcards are slightly blue colored.
Some details about the photographer from wikipedia:
"Marcelin Flandrin (1889-1957) was a French military photographer.
Marcelin Flandrin settled in Morocco in 1901, where he completed his military service as a volunteer in 1912. A photographer by profession, he served in the Service Photographique des Armées (fr), completing a series of reports during the Rif War. In World War I, he served in the French Air Force, finishing as an aerial observer sending aerial shots of battles.
He settled in Casablanca, capturing the city in transformation from 1921 to 1930, publishing a book entitled Casablanca de 1889 à nos jours in 1929. In 1921, he published aerial images of a flight from Casablanca to France in L'Illustration. In 1922, he illustrated the Morocco pavilion at the Exposition coloniale de Marseille. In 1924, his photos were published in "Nordafrica" next to those of Rudolf Lehnert. He covered the official visit of Sultan Yusef of Morocco to France in 1926. Marcelin Flandrin was also one of the most important publishers of post cards in Morocco. He was also the first to do aerial photography in Morocco; he notably captured the last known photograph of a wild Barbary lion in the Atlas Mountains, taken on a flight from Casablanca to Dakar in 1925." (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelin_Flandrin).
Block of 6 old French stamps representing Gargantua from 1953. This stamp was created by draughtsman and engraver Henry Cheffer. These stamps have not been used.
Telegram addressed in 1891 to Georges Coulon President of the French Council of State.
Embossed Belgian postcard depicting a little girl chasing butterflies from 1900s.
Vintage French chromo from the well-known Parisian department store "Au bon marché"
Large wedding photo of the French phtographer Paul Boyer.
More info about Paul Boyer at http://laphotoduxix.canalblog.com/archives/2010/01/22/16736125.html
French engraving representing four 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.
