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Title: Charles Meryon: Officier de Marine Peintre-Graveur 1821-1868
Description: Paris, Musee de la Marine, 1968. Softbound. Cream, printed wraps. unpaginated, but substantial thickness. profusely illustrated in bw. Text is entirely in French. Focuses not only on Meryon, but also the times and society he lived in and examined. Quite comprehensive. Catalogue features 889 items which are all annotated. Also has a bibliography and extensive index. Meryon began his adult life in the Navy, but left it at 25 to pursue art. He always came back to it for topic subjects, however. VG-, light wear, separation of cover for top 40% of front hinge, but little wea to the cover.

Keywords: European Artists ; Meryon, Charles ; ;


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