Lot 323

Morocco -- Belin, Jacques




Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 26 May 2010 at 12:00 BST
£2,500
Description
A presentation album to A. Pierre Charpentier, dated 6. August 1942, containing 40 prints by J. Belin, mounted onto card leaves, a number of signatures on first leaf, average image size 26 by 24cm, original morocco gilt, inlaid green Moroccan star on upper board, backstrip loose, upper board loose rubbed
Footnote
Note: Jacques Belin was the "photographe semi-officiel de la résidence générale" in Morocco. A collection of his work is now held by the Centre of Diplomatic Archives in Nantes, France.
A. Pierre Charpentier was the Resident-General of France in Morocco from 1940 to 1942.



