A Collection of 7 menus for Dinner on Board M.S. Lafayette
A Collection of 5 menus from the M.S. Lafayette, with two programmes.
The collection includes five menus written in French from a voyage the M.S. Lafayette took across the Atlantic ocean in 1937. The illustrations on the title of the menus include two sepia photogravures by Maurice de Lambert, a lithograph depicting Breton fisherman by M. Meheut, a second lithograph of La ‘Galère Royale” after a painting in the Bibliothèque Nationale, and a hand coloured steel engraving by Gatine. The collection also includes the Program of the Charity Fête to be held on board and Liste des Passagers. All in very good condition, various sizes, 24th July- 14th August 1937./a

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