Souvenirs. L’enfance. Préface par Boyer D’Agen.
Paris: Calmann Lévy, Éditeur Ancienne Maison Michel Lévy Fréres, 3, Rue Auber, 3. 1897. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on half-title. In contemporary half leather. Bords with marbled paper, spine gilt. Publisher’s paper wrapped into. Marbled paste downs. (9), 2–272. Corners bumped, spine rubbed at joint, torn. Inside fine.
First edition of the painter’s memoir, inscribed to Madame Beulé whose renowned salon was visited by the most important artists, writers and composers of the time, among them Munkácsy.
Mihály Munkácsy (1844–1900) was a Hungarian painter who lived in Paris and earned international reputation with his genre pictures and large scale biblical paintings.
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Price: €1,000.00