[ORNITHOLOGY]. LABITTE (André), architect and ornithologist - Lot 286

[ORNITHOLOGY]. LABITTE (André), architect and ornithologist (1890-1964)]. Important photographic archive relating to ornithology in France (Brittany, Somme, Pas-de-Calais, Normandy etc.). France 1930-1960. Including: 1 [PAS-DE-CALAIS]. [CLAIRMARAIS]. Photo album (1930s) of bird identification, rescue, ringing of birds. 2. [BRITTANY]. Photo album (1930s) of bird identification, bird sanctuaries (Finistère and Côtes-du-Nord). 3. EURE-ET-LOIR]. Views of the Drouais country, photos mounted on soft cardboard. Landscapes, trees, nests. 1930's. 4. EURE-ET-LOIR (Pays de Drouais)] and [PAS-DE-CALAIS (Clairmarais)]. Album with photos (silver prints) relating to birds and their natural environment, nesting etc. (municipalities of Mézières-en-Drouais; Clairmarais; Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme; but also Mesnil-en-Caux; Belleville-sur-Mer etc.). Photographs by André Labitte, most often captioned by him, 1930s and 1950s (dimensions of the album, soft cardboard, metal ring binder: 365 x 490 mm) 5. Correspondence addressed to André Labitte; copies of some letters sent by André Labitte. Signed handwritten letters; typescript letters (1955-1956, in all 39 letters). Organization of an ornithology camp for the Groupe des jeunes ornithologistes français. 6. Box containing films and negatives "Ouessant 1955". André Labitte contributed to the organisation of an ornithology camp for the Groupe des jeunes ornithologistes français. Some prints are in the archive. Joint : Ten photos laminated on a soft cardboard : "Some birds ringed during the 1956 camp (31. VIII-15. IX)". 7. Set of about 180 silver prints (1930s-1950s), of various sizes, some with captions, of birds (first classification by species, "Nocturnes/Shrikebirds/Shrubs/Grouse"; "Chickadees/Bluebirds"; "Starlings" etc.).