CHARENTE-MARITIME (17) - GARNERAY - "VUE du PORT de ROYAN, prise de l'aire". Between 1823 and 1832. Drawn and engraved in aquatint by Ambroise Louis GARNERAY (Paris 1783-1857). Proof with the letter, on wove paper. Plate 12 of the work "Vues des Côtes de France dans l'Océan et la Méditerranée", one of the most beautiful collections of plates that have been executed on the subject. Margins. 31 x 49,5 cm. Condition B (a trace of wetness in the upper margin reaching only very slightly the sky, some marginal foxing and on the verso).

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