Accession number
PML 129931
Creator
Bouvenne, Aglaüs, 1829-1903.
Published
Paris : Charavay frères, 1883.
Credit line
Purchase: Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2007.
Notes
"Il a été tiré de ce livre ... trois cent trente cinq exemplaires dont: dix sur papier du Japon, numérotés de un a dix; vingt sur papier de Hollande, numérotés de onze a trente-cinq; trois cents sur papier du Marais, numérotés de trente-six a trois cent trente-cinq."--Colophon.
"Appendice; Charles Méryon, poete."
The author's copy, printed on Japon but not numbered. Bound in are letters to the author from individuals involved in the preparation and distribution of this volume, including Gustave Salicis, Eugène Bléry, Auguste Vacquerie, Félix Bracquemond, Charles Chincholle, Gustave Geffroy, Alfred Lebrun, and Victor Focillon. Also bound in are three autograph letters of Méryon to Bracquemond along with a fourth letter by Méryon transcribed in a different hand.
Includes the author's etching of Méryon's tomb in different states and impressions; the frontispiece portrait of Méryon in different states and impressions; Bracquemond's design for the tomb in three versions; a pen-and-ink drawing by Bracquemond also reproduced in the text; four proofs of portraits of Méryon by Paul-Ferdinand Gachet; and other plates in various versions and states.
"Appendice; Charles Méryon, poete."
The author's copy, printed on Japon but not numbered. Bound in are letters to the author from individuals involved in the preparation and distribution of this volume, including Gustave Salicis, Eugène Bléry, Auguste Vacquerie, Félix Bracquemond, Charles Chincholle, Gustave Geffroy, Alfred Lebrun, and Victor Focillon. Also bound in are three autograph letters of Méryon to Bracquemond along with a fourth letter by Méryon transcribed in a different hand.
Includes the author's etching of Méryon's tomb in different states and impressions; the frontispiece portrait of Méryon in different states and impressions; Bracquemond's design for the tomb in three versions; a pen-and-ink drawing by Bracquemond also reproduced in the text; four proofs of portraits of Méryon by Paul-Ferdinand Gachet; and other plates in various versions and states.
Description
53, [7] p. : front. (port.) illus., facsim. ; 28 cm.
Provenance
Aglaüs Bouvenne.
Binding
Black morocco; mounted on the front cover is an etched plate by Bracquemond with his design for Méryon's tomb.
Classification
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Department