Author: HERNOT Yves :
Title: Album des Tombes. Album des Croix. ( Trade catalogue). Yves Hernot sculpteur sur Pierre & sur marbre. Rue de Tréguier à Lannion. Christs , Calvaires, Statues , Bénitiers, Fonts Baptismaux, Monuments Funèbres
Description: .: Lannion, s.e., (ca 1870), obl. in-8°, 15,5 x 24 cm, 18 lithographed plates, sewn, original printed paper wrapper. Rare early trade catalogue of the French sculpture company (family) Yves Hernot. They were active in 19th century Brittany and gained a reknown for restoring the traditional mediaeval calvaries which typical still adorn Brittany's old churches. The father Hernot (1829-1890) is said to have created 517 calvaries during his lifetime. The company went on till after the First World War when they created war memorials. .

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