BENOIST (Félix). Nice and Savoie. The Maritime Alps. Original drawings. Circa 1864. 17 original drawings, sheet size, 26 x 18 cm to 32 to 23.5 cm. Set of 17 graphite drawings, some with highlights in chalk or white gouache, produced as part of the preparation of the album Nice et Savoie: - Château de Saint André près de Nice: drawing for plate p. 21 - Château de Saint André près de Nice: study for plate p. 21 - A road in the mountains of the County of Nice: study for the frontispiece - Tales: drawing for the plate p. 27 - Tales: study for the plate p. 27 - Breil sur Roya: drawing for the plate p. 29 - Puget-Théniers: drawing for the plate p. 31 - Touet de Breuil: drawing for the plate p. 33 - Guillaumes: drawing for the plate p. 38 - Beyond Grasse: drawing, unpublished - Mont Boron (Nice): drawing, unpublished - Villars-sur-Var: drawing, unpublished - Roquebillière (Vésubie valley): drawing, unpublished - Olivier de Beaulieu near Nice: drawing, unpublished - Roquebrune and Menton: study, unpublished - Saint-Jean la Rivière between Duranus and Le Suquet: study, unpublished - Bridge over the River: study, unpublished Unsigned drawings, part of a set of preparatory drawings for the album Nice et Savoie. Minor creases and edge tears to some leaves. Lots 42 to 45 of the drawings by Félix Benoist will be sold with the right to combine them.