BENOIST (Félix). Nice and Savoie. Haute-Savoie. Original drawings. Circa 1864. 20 original drawings in sheets, 22 x 31 cm to 37 x 25 cm Set of 20 graphite drawings, some with highlights of chalk or white gouache, produced as part of the preparation of the album Nice et Savoie: - Gorge du Fier: study for plate p. 14 - Balme de Thuy waterfall and cave: drawing for plate p. 19 - La Roche-sur-Foron: plate drawing p. 22 - Taninges: study, unpublished - Samoëns valley: plate drawing p. 26 - Sixt valley, the mill: study, unpublished - Mont-Blanc and the Chamonix valley: study for plate p. 31 - Pont de la Caille: study for plate p. 43 - La chartreuse du Reposoir and the Pointe Percée: drawing, unpublished - Alex: study, unpublished - Chamouny: study, unpublished - Château d'Avully: drawing, unpublished - Château near Évian (Blonay?): drawing, unpublished - Cascade de Saint-Gervais: drawing, unpublished - Sallanches, Château des Rubins: drawing, unpublished - Mont-Blanc (from Bonneville?): drawing, unpublished - La Pierre à Bérard, ascent of Le Buet: study, unpublished - Waterfall, Chamouny valley: study, unpublished - Nant de Magland: study, unpublished - Magland valley, entrance to the Balme cave: study, unpublished Unsigned drawings, part of a set of preparatory drawings for the album Nice et Savoie. Minor creases and tears at the edges of some leaves. Lots 42 to 45 of the drawings by Félix Benoist will be sold with the right to combine them.