Online auction - Lot 40
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Grand Bazar de l'Hôtel-de-ville.
Paris, Lith. J. Minot, 1898
Starting bid: €
65
Hammer price: €
65
€ 80 / 100
Bidding via DrouotLot description
Chromolith. on cardboard, 35 x 44 cm, monogrammed JM in the lower left corner (some glue marks, hole on the upper right corner).
Calendar in two frames under 12 babies wearing picturesque costumes and accessories representing the seasons (mask in February, wheat in August, etc). In the middle, "Vue générale du Grand Bazar de l'Hôtel-de-ville" in black and white. The Grand Bazar was created in 1856, under Napoleon III, and allowed to its customers to buy food as well as clothes, craft materials, etc.