Armand Dayot / A. Willette - Les Peintres Militaires Charlet et Raffet - 1880

Captivating illustrated edition of a superb frontispiece by A. Willette, with numerous engravings in and out of text -

This historical and artistic study of two great representatives of French military painting and lithography of the 19th century, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet and Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet, whose works have deeply marked the portrayal of the Napoleonic epic and the life of soldiers -

The author aims to present their parcours, their training, their artistic personality and the evolution of their output, while showing how their drawings, paintings and lithographs contributed to maintaining the memory of the wars of the Revolution and of the Empire -

The first part is devoted to Charlet (1792-1845), an artist particularly famous for his depictions of French soldiers, Napoleonic grognards and scenes of military life -

Armand Dayot / A. Willette - Les Peintres Militaires Charlet et Raffet - SD - Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies -
100pp

Good condition of the binding, volume in its original half red morocco, red percaline boards, wear from use, a few minor defects on the cover, headcaps, corners and spine worn, speckled edges, spine with raised bands, titling and author's name gilded, cold-stamped borders framing the boards with a gilded coat of arms of the “Lycée Henri IV” on the first board -

Good interior condition, browning, title page printed in red and black and adorned with a beautiful vignette, work enriched by a superb frontispiece by A. Willette, with numerous engravings in and out of text, endpapers in acceptable condition, a pleasant copy -

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