Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris, National Gallery of Art, 2013, Near Fine HC w/DJ.

Kennel, Sarah, et al. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2013.

English, Near Fine, 8vo, 11 1/4" x 9 3/4", 265 pp. 

ISBN: 9780226092782

Near Fine octavo, hardcover in dark gray cloth, blind stamp to front panel. Minor cocking to spine and light sunning to edges of text block. Near Fine red pictorial dust jacket, light edgewear, now in Mylar. 265 pp. Includes 169 reproductions of Marville's photographs. A comprehensive and meticulously researched monograph on the 19th-century French urban landscape photographer, Charles François Bossu, or more commonly known by his pseudonym, Charles Marville, covering his life and career, including his commissioned documentary work concerning the renovations of Paris. Published in conjunction with the traveling exhibition of the same name, starting at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., from September 29, 2013, to January 5, 2014. Features a timeline of his full life with major events, a Checklist to the Exhibition, and images of his signatures and stamps, one of which is featured on the front panel.